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SAN ANTONIO -- Brooke Army Medical Center was named as “A Top Wired Hospital in the United States” according to the 2012 Most Wired Survey in the July issue of Hospitals and Health Networks magazine.
Of the hospitals recognized, BAMC was one of three Army Medical Command facilities selected for “Most Wired” merit out of 1,572 hospitals throughout the United States who submitted packets.
BAMC shared the honor with other health care facilities including the Madigan Army Medical Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.; Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, N.C.; and the University Health System, a civilian hospital in San Antonio.
“This is a great recognition and a lot of hard work and effort was done by numerous individuals for BAMC to be nominated and chosen for this prestigious award,” said Maj. Gen. M. Ted Wong, commanding general of Southern Regional Medical Command and BAMC.
“Many hours were devoted to completing the initial survey that was required for the nomination packet.”
The nation’s most wired hospitals leverage the adoption and use of health information technology to improve performance in a number of areas, according to Health Care’s Most Wired 2012 Survey.
Survey results demonstrate that BAMC, which includes all Army facilities in San Antonio (the San Antonio Military Medical Center and Army outpatient health clinics), is focused on expanding and adopting IT that protects patient data, and optimizes patient flow and communications.
Hospitals must meet the requirements for four focus areas: infrastructure; business and administrative management; clinical quality and safety (inpatient/outpatient services hospital); clinical integration (ambulatory/physician/patient/community).
If any of these requirements is not met, then the organization did not achieve the “Most Wired” designation. Thus, an organization may have many advanced capabilities, yet not achieve “Most Wired” status.
“The selection board acknowledged the many clinical IM/IT improvements made over the past year to support our hospital staff. It was a job well done by many,” Wong added.
| Date Taken: | 08.02.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 08.06.2012 12:35 |
| Story ID: | 92722 |
| Location: | SAN ANTONIO, TX, US |
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