Press releases

Released March 23, 1999
Yale-New Haven Hospital news release

Yale-New Haven among 100 Most Wired Hospitals

For more information, call 203-688-2488 or E-mail Ken Best

Yale-New Haven Hospital is among "Health Care's 100 Most Wired" hospitals, according to Hospitals & Health Networks, a trade magazine published by the American Hospital Association.

According to Hospitals & Health Networks, the listing attempts to recognize "how an organization uses technology to serve its constituents-–patients, doctors, nurses, employees, suppliers and insurers." Measuring the amount of technology in a hospital or health system was not the focus of the survey, the magazine added. "Infrastructure, while necessary to be a 'wired' organization, isn't sufficient for effective use of the technology," the magazine said.

Yale-New Haven was listed along with Greenwich Hospital and the University of Connecticut Health Center as the only hospitals in Connecticut in the report, which was compiled for the magazine by Deloitte Consulting. YNHH and Greenwich Hospital are both part of the Yale New Haven Health System.

"The significance of this kind of approach in evaluating technology is that it recognizes how patients and physicians benefit from the application of the technology, not just that there is a lot of equipment," said Mark L. Andersen, senior vice president for information services and chief information officer of Yale-New Haven Hospital and Yale New Haven Health System. "Our primary mission is to care for patients and the use of technology helps us to fulfill that mission."

Andersen also noted the importance of having an academic medical center such as YNHH and a community hospital like Greenwich Hospital evaluated by the same survey. "It reinforces the idea that what you do with the technology is the quality indicator that can be shared by hospitals," he said.

The "100 Most Wired" listing includes for each hospital a compilation of how much information is electronically compiled and accessed. The categories surveyed access to patient data for doctors and nurses, a variety of patient services such as appointment scheduling and pre-registration, employee services such as job postings and benefits information, as well as payer activities.

Return to News Release Index

Home page URL: http://www.ynhh.org

All information is intended for your general knowledge and is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment for specific medical conditions. You should seek prompt medical care for any specific health issues and consult your physician before starting a new fitness regimen.