The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) earlier this month released its 2018 list of the "Most Wired" hospitals and health systems, recognizing over 250 organizations for their success in health IT adoption.

See the related article in today's Daily Briefing for more information on CHIME's methodology

Nine of the top 10 "Most Wired" hospitals are Advisory Board members. Of the 254 total hospitals, affiliated specialty hospitals, and specialty-focused units recognized by CHIME, 219 are Advisory Board members.

Advisory Board congratulates the member organizations named to the annual rankings:

• Abington Hospital (Abington, Pennsylvania);
• Adventist Health System Sunbelt Health Care Corporation (Altamonte Springs, Florida);
• Advocate Aurora Health Care (Downers Grove, Illinois);
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• Akron Children's Hospital (Akron, Ohio);
• Albany Medical Center (Albany, New York);
• Allegheny General Hospital (Pittsburgh);
• Altru Health System (Grand Forks, North Dakota);
• Anne Arundel Medical Center (Annapolis, Maryland);
• Atrium Health (Charlotte, North Carolina);
• Avera Health (Sioux Falls, South Dakota);
• Banner Health (Phoenix, Arizona);
• Baptist Health (Montgomery, Alabama);
• Baptist Health (Louisville, Kentucky);
• Baptist Health South Florida (Coral Gables, Florida);
• Beaumont Health (Southfield, Michigan);
• Bon Secours Health System (Marriottsville, Maryland);
• Bronson Battle Creek Hospital (Battle Creek, Michigan);
• Bronson LakeView Hospital (Paw Paw, Michigan);
• Bronson Methodist Hospital (Kalamazoo, Michigan);
• Carilion Clinic (Roanoke, Virginia);
• Cedars-Sinai Health System (Los Angeles);
• Centra Health (Lynchburg, Virginia);
• Central Maine Medical Center (Lewiston, Maine);
• Children's Health System of Texas (Dallas);
• Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (Atlanta);
• Children's Hospital Colorado (Aurora, Colorado);
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia);
• Christiana Care Health System (Newark, Delaware);
• Clara Maass Medical Center (Belleville, New Jersey);
• Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland);
• Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates);
• Community Medical Center (Toms River, New Jersey);
• Confluence Health (Wenatchee, Washington);
• Connecticut Children's Medical Center (Hartford, Connecticut);
• Cook Children's Health Care System (Fort Worth, Texas);
• Deaconess Health System (Evansville, Indiana);
• Detroit Medical Center (Detroit);
• Dignity Health (San Francisco);
• Doylestown Hospital (Doylestown, Pennsylvania);
• Duke University Hospital (Durham, North Carolina);
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• El Camino Hospital (Mountain View, California);
• Englewood Hospital and Medical Center (Englewood, New Jersey);
• Fairfield Medical Center (Lancaster, Ohio);
• Forbes Hospital (Monroeville, Pennsylvania);
• Forest Hills (Forest Hills, New York);
• Franklin Hospital (Valley Stream, New York);
• Geisinger Medical Center (Danville, Pennsylvania);
• Genesis Health System (Davenport, Iowa);
• Genesis HealthCare System (Zanesville, Ohio);
• Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta);
• Greenville Health System (Greenville, South Carolina);
• Guthrie Clinic (Sayre, Pennsylvania);
• Hackensack Meridian Health (Edison, New Jersey);
• HCA Information Technology & Services (Nashville, Tennessee);
• Henry Ford Health System (Detroit);
• Houston Methodist (Houston);
• Howard County General Hospital (Columbia, Maryland);
• HSHS Hospital Sisters Health System (Springfield, Illinois);
• Huntington Hospital (Huntington, New York);
• Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City);
• Jackson Health System (Miami);
• Jefferson Hospital (Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania);
• Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (Baltimore);
• Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore);
• Johnson Memorial Hospital (Franklin, Indiana);
• Johnson Memorial Hospital (Stafford Springs, Connecticut);
• JPS Health Network (Fort Worth, Texas);
• Kaiser Permanente (Oakland, California);
• Lakeland Health (Saint Joseph, Michigan);
• Lee Health (Fort Myers, Florida);
• Lehigh Valley Hospital (Allentown, Pennsylvania);
• Lehigh Valley Hospital—Pocono (East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania);
• Lenox Hill Hospital (New York);
• Lexington Medical Center West (Columbia, South Carolina);
• Long Island Jewish Medical Center (New Hyde Park, New York);
• Lowell General Hospital (Lowell, Massachusetts);
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• Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital Stanford(Palo Alto, California);
• Mackenzie Health (Richmond Hill, Canada)
• Main Line Health (Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania);
• Maine Medical Center (Portland, Maine);
• Martin Health System (Stuart, Florida);
• Mayo Clinic Florida (Jacksonville, Florida);
• Mayo Clinic Health System—Albert Lea and Austin (Austin, Minnesota);
• Mayo Clinic Health System—Chippewa Valley in Bloomer (Bloomer, Wisconsin);
• Mayo Clinic Health System—Franciscan Healthcare in La Crosse (La Crosse, Wisconsin);
• Mayo Clinic Health System—Franciscan Healthcare in Sparta (Sparta, Wisconsin);
• Mayo Clinic Health System—Northland in Barron (Barron, Wisconsin);
• Mayo Clinic Health System—Oakridge in Osseo (Osseo, Wisconsin);
• Mayo Clinic Health System—Red Cedar in Menomonie (Menomonie, Wisconsin);
• Mayo Clinic Health System in Cannon Falls (Cannon Falls, Minnesota);
• Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire (Eau Claire, Wisconsin);
• Mayo Clinic Health System in Fairmont (Fairmont, Minnesota);
• Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City (Lake City, Minnesota);
• Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato (Mankato, Minnesota);
• Mayo Clinic Health System in New Prague (New Prague, Minnesota);
• Mayo Clinic Health System in Red Wing (Red Wing, Minnesota);
• Mayo Clinic Health System in Saint James (Saint James, Minnesota);
• Mayo Clinic Health System in Springfield (Springfield, Minnesota);
• Mayo Clinic Health System in Waseca (Waseca, Minnesota);
• Mayo Clinic Hospital (Phoenix);
• MedStar Health (Columbia, Maryland);
• Memorial Healthcare System (Hollywood, Florida);
• Memorial Hermann Health System (Houston);
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York);
• Mercy (Chesterfield, Missouri);
• Mercy Heath (Cincinnati);
• Mercy Medical Center (Cedar Rapids, Iowa);
• Metro Health—University of Michigan Health (Wyoming, Michigan);
• MetroHealth System (Cleveland);
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• Middlesex Hospital (Middletown, Connecticut);
• Mission Health System (Asheville, North Carolina);
• Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch Campus (Long Branch, New Jersey);
• Monmouth Medical Center, Southern Campus (Lakewood, New Jersey);
• Montefiore Medical Center (New York);
• Mosaic Life Care (Saint Joseph, Missouri);
• Mount Sinai Health System (New York);
• MultiCare Health System (Tacoma, Washington);
• MUSC Medical Center of Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston, South Carolina);
• Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus, Ohio);
• Navicent Health (Macon, Georgia);
• Nebraska Medicine—Nebraska Medical Center (Omaha, Nebraska);
• NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (New York);
• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (Newark, New Jersey);
• Nicklaus Children's Health System (Miami);
• North County Hospital and Health Center (Newport, Vermont);
• North Shore University Hospital (Manhasset, New York);
• Northern Arizona Healthcare (Flagstaff, Arizona);
• NorthShore University Health System (Evanston, Illinois);
• Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (Chicago);
• Novant Health (Winston Salem, North Carolina);
• NYU Langone Hospitals (New York);
• Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus, Ohio);
• OhioHealth Corporation (Columbus, Ohio);
• OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital (Mansfield, Ohio);
• OhioHealth MedCentral Shelby Hospital (Shelby, Ohio);
• Orlando Health (Orlando, Florida);
• OSF Healthcare (Peoria, Illinois);
• Parkview Health (Fort Wayne, Indiana);
• Peninsula Regional Medical Center (Salisbury, Maryland);
• Penn Medicine/Lancaster General Hospital (Lancaster, Pennsylvania);
• Piedmont Healthcare (Atlanta);
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• Plainview Hospital (Plainview, New York);
• ProHealth Care (Waukesha, Wisconsin);
• Providence Health and Services (Renton, Washington);
• Rady Children's Hospital—San Diego (San Diego);
• Renown Health (Reno, Nevada);
• Riverside Health System (Newport News, Virginia);
• Riverside Medical Center (Kankakee, Illinois);
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (New Brunswick, New Jersey);
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset (Somerville, New Jersey);
• Rochester Regional Health (Rochester, New York);
• Rush Oak Park Hospital (Oak Park, Illinois);
• Rush University Medical Center (Chicago);
• RWJ Barnabas Health---Jersey City Medical Center (Jersey City, New Jersey);
• Saint Barnabas Medical Center (Livingston, New Jersey);
• Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center (Hartford, Connecticut);
• Saint Luke's Health System (Kansas City, Missouri);
• Saint Mary's Hospital (Waterbury, Connecticut);
• Saint Vincent Hospital (Erie, Pennsylvania);
• Sarasota Memorial Health Care System (Sarasota, Florida);
• Sentara Healthcare (Virginia Beach, Virginia);
• Sharp HealthCare (San Diego);
• Sibley Memorial Hospital (Washington, D.C.);
• Southside Hospital (Bay Shore, New York);
• Sparrow Health System (Lansing, Michigan);
• SSM Health (St. Louis);
• St. Clair Hospital (Pittsburgh);
• St. Dominic—Jackson Memorial Hospital (Jackson, Mississippi);
• St. Elizabeth Healthcare (Edgewood, Kentucky);
• St. Joseph Mercy Oakland (Pontiac, Michigan);
• St. Joseph's Health (Syracuse, New York);
• St. Mary Mercy Hospital (Livonia, Michigan);
• Stamford Hospital (Stamford, Connecticut);
• Stanford Health Care (Palo Alto, California);
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• Staten Island University Hospital (Staten Island, New York);
• Suburban Hospital (Bethesda, Maryland);
• Sutter Health (Sacramento, California);
• Syosset Hospital (Syosset, New York);
• Tampa General Hospital (Tampa, Florida);
• Texas Health Resources (Arlington, Texas);
• The Christ Hospital Health Network (Cincinnati);
• Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals (Philadelphia);
• TriHealth Inc (Cincinnati);
• Truman Medical Center—Lakewood (Kansas City, Missouri);
• Truman Medical Centers (Kansas City, Missouri);
• UAB Health System (Birmingham, Alabama);
• UC Health (Cincinnati);
• UC Irvine Medical Center (Orange, California);
• UC San Diego Health (San Diego);
• UCHealth (Aurora, Colorado);
• UCLA Health (Los Angeles);
• UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco);
• UF Health (Gainesville, Florida);
• UNC Health Care (Chapel Hill, North Carolina);
• UnityPoint Health (West Des Moines, Iowa);
• University Health System (San Antonio, Texas);
• University Hospitals (Cleveland);
• University of Chicago Medical Center (Chicago);
• University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (Chicago);
• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (Iowa City, Iowa);
• University of Missouri Health Care (Columbia, Missouri);
• Universityof Pennsylvania Health System (Philadelphia);
• University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (Houston);
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas);
• University of Utah Health (Salt Lake City);
• UPMC (Pittsburgh);
• UPMC Pinnacle (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania);
• Upstate University Hospital (Syracuse, New York);
• Valley Health System (Ridgewood, New Jersey);
• Valley Health System (Winchester, Virginia);
• Vanderbilt Health (Nashville, Tennessee);
• Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle);
• Virtua Health (Marlton, New Jersey);
• Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center (Winston Salem, North Carolina);
• West Penn Hospital (Pittsburgh);
• West Virginia United Health System (Morgantown, West Virginia);
• Western Reserve Hospital (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio);
• Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Wirral, United Kingdom); and
• Yale New Haven Health (New Haven, Connecticut) (Cohen, Becker's Health IT & CIO Report, 11/16; CHIME Most Wired 2018 list; CHIME release, 11/2).

Want to become a "Most Wired" hospital?

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