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Yale-New Haven Hospital news release
Release date: July 12, 2006
Media contact: Mark D'Antonio, (203) 688-2493

Yale-New Haven Hospital selected as a 2006 Most Wired and Most Wireless award winner

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — For the seventh year, Yale-New Haven Hospital has been selected a Most Wired award winner by Hospitals and Health Networks, a trade magazine published by the American Hospital Association. Yale-New Haven Hospital, along with Bridgeport and Greenwich Hospitals, all members of the Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS), received this honor. This marks the third consecutive year that all three YNHHS hospitals were selected. In addition, YNHH was also selected for the third year as a Most Wireless award winner, having won in 2003 and 2005. YNHH was one of only 11 New England hospitals to be selected as Most Wired.

This recognition is based on technology advancements made by the organizations to enhance patient safety, clinical quality and customer service in healthcare centers.

“This designation demonstrates the commitment Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Yale New Haven Health System to patient safety and quality care,” said Mark Andersen, senior vice president and chief information officer. “To be included in The Most Wired list shows our continued dedication to the deployment and enhancement of digital imaging for radiology, comprehensive physician order entry and the expansion of the electronic medical record allowing for immediate access to patient information to improve patient care. By continually upgrading system technologies, we are able to support the many improvements in the overall patient care process.”

Some of the recent technology-related improvements at YNHH include:

• Upgrade to a new clinical system to enhance Order Entry, Medication Management and Clinical Documentation.
• Implementation of a new document management system to enhance patient registration and billing functions using Sunrise Record Manager.
• Completed enhancements to our Backup Data Center to support Disaster Recovery functions.
• Expansion of Wireless capabilities throughout Yale-New Haven Hospital campus to allow visitors and patients wireless internet.

This is the eighth year that Hospitals and Health Networks has conducted the Most Wired survey and benchmarking study, polling the nation’s hospitals on the use of information technology. The awards were based on responses from 541 hospitals and health systems that completed the survey, representing 1,217 hospitals. Hospitals and Health Networks conducted the 2006 survey in cooperation with Accenture and McKesson Corporation.

Yale-New Haven was also cited for its use of technology in appointment scheduling and pre-registration, as well as allowing employees to track their retirement funds, educational opportunities and job postings. YNHH received added praise and recognition for network connectivity speed, network security and how and what business is conducted online.

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