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For Release: July 13, 2017

CHICAGO鈥� Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and 麻豆果冻传媒 Children鈥檚 Health have been recognized as one of Health Care鈥檚 Most Wired庐 hospitals for 2017.

New tools are helping patients become more actively involved in their care and maintaining their health, according to results of the nineteenth annual 鈥淗ealth Care鈥檚 Most Wired鈥� survey, released this week by the American Hospital Association鈥檚 (AHA) Health Forum.

The 2017 Most Wired survey and benchmarking study is a leading industry barometer measuring information technology (IT) use and adoption among hospitals nationwide.聽The survey of 698 participants, representing an estimated 2,158 hospitals, examines how organizations are leveraging IT to improve performance for value-based health care in the areas of infrastructure, business and administrative management, quality and safety, and clinical integration.

鈥淲e are honored to be recognized, for the third year in a row, as a Most Wired hospital,鈥� said Ed Kopetsky, chief information officer at Packard Children's and 麻豆果冻传媒 Children鈥檚 Health. 鈥淲e attribute our success to outstanding collaboration between our organization鈥檚 Information Services team and clinical leadership, and our collective dedication to advancing patient care.鈥�

According to the survey, Most Wired hospitals are using smart phones, telehealth and remote monitoring to create more ways for patients to access health care services and capture health information. At Packard Children鈥檚, patients can stay connected to their clinicians from home in a variety of ways. Using an online portal, patients can request the release of medical records, schedule appointments, send secure messages, and more. There are also condition-specific mobile apps that record patient-generated data in real time. For example, physicians at the Moore Children鈥檚 Heart Center at Packard Children鈥檚, in collaboration with the Stanford Clinical Informatics Fellowship program, have implemented the use of a mobile app for infants who have single ventricle heart defects that allows vital signs recorded at home to be uploaded to the patient鈥檚 electronic health record for review by the cardiology team. Monitoring these parameters helps physicians to determine the timing of subsequent cardiac surgeries.

In addition, Most Wired hospitals are transforming care delivery with knowledge gained from data and analytics. At Lucile Packard Children鈥檚 Hospital Stanford and 麻豆果冻传媒 Children鈥檚 Health, data collected from the electronic health record (EHR) is being leveraged to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of care by providing caregivers access to the right information at the right point in their workflow.

鈥淎t 麻豆果冻传媒 Children鈥檚 Health, we are using analytics to provide meaningful information for physicians to improve clinical decision-making and personalize care for our patients,鈥� said Natalie Pageler, MD, chief medical information officer at Packard Children鈥檚 and 麻豆果冻传媒 Children鈥檚 Health. 鈥淲e are continually collecting data through the care we provide, and we are able to analyze this information to continuously evolve and build decision-making support tools to provide the best clinical recommendations possible for our patients.鈥�

鈥淭he Most Wired hospitals are using every available technology option to create more ways to reach their patients in order to provide access to care,鈥� said AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack. 鈥淭hey are transforming care delivery and investing in new delivery models in order to improve quality, provide access and control costs.鈥�

Health Care鈥檚 Most Wired庐 survey, conducted between January 15 and March 15, 2017, is published annually by Hospitals & Health Networks (H&HN) magazine. Detailed results of the survey and study can be found in the July issue of H&HN. For a full list of winners, visit www.hhnmag.com.

About the Most Wired survey

The 2017 Most Wired Survey is conducted in cooperation with the American Hospital Association and Clearwater Compliance, LLC.

About the American Hospital Association

The AHA is a not-for-profit association of health care provider organizations and individuals that are committed to the improvement of health in their communities. The AHA is the national advocate for its members, which include nearly 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks and other providers of care. Founded in 1898, the AHA provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends. For more information, visit .

About Health Forum

Health Forum is a strategic business enterprise of the American Hospital Association, creatively partnering to develop and deliver essential information and innovative services to help health care leaders achieve organizational performance excellence and sustainability. For more information, visit www.healthforum.com.

About Clearwater Compliance, LLC

Clearwater Compliance, LLC is a leading provider of healthcare compliance and cyber risk management solutions. Its mission is to empower hospitals and health systems to successfully manage healthcare鈥檚 evolving cybersecurity risks and ensure patient safety. Exclusively endorsed by the American Hospital Association, Clearwater solutions have been deployed within hundreds of hospitals and health systems, Fortune 100 organizations and federal government institutions.