North Kansas City Hospital and Meritas Health has made the 2022 College of Healthcare Information Management Executives Digital Health Most Wired list for its use of information technology in supporting care delivery.
Kellie Houx/Gladstone DispatchNorth Kansas City Hospital and Meritas Health has made the 2022 College of Healthcare Information Management Executives Digital Health Most Wired list for its use of information technology in supporting care delivery.
For over a decade, the health system has been selected as one of the nation’s Most Wired health systems.
CHIME surveyed more than 38,000 organizations, designating the hospital and Meritas Health once again with the Quality Award — certified Level 8 — in Acute and Ambulatory, ranking above peers in several categories including analytics and data management, clinical quality and safety, infrastructure and interoperability and population health.
The CHIME Digital Health Most Wired program is a comprehensive “digital health check-up” for healthcare organizations around the world, according to a hospital press release. The program conducts an annual survey to assess health care organizations that exemplify best practices through their use of information technology.
To attain Certified Acute and Ambulatory Level 8 status, organizations must show deployed technologies and strategies to analyze data and achieve meaningful clinical and efficiency outcomes.
“We are proud to honor your team’s exceptional dedication to excellence in digital health,” CHIME President and CEO Russell P. Branzell said of the local health system. “Your pioneering performance in the industry inspires other organizations by example. Patients in communities around the world receive better care when you drive change through digital transformation, as you have proven through your success in this rigorous program.”
Kristen Guillaume, NKC Hospital and Meritas Health chief information officer and marketing executive, pointed to the health system’s commitment to continuous optimization of the enterprise portfolio while leveraging innovations in analytics and artificial intelligence to expedite efficiency and inform progress centered on the patient experience.
“We are honored to again be recognized by CHIME, as this distinction represents the commitment of a long-standing partnership among operations leaders and the information technology team to create an exemplary digital experience supporting sustainable excellence in quality care,” Guillaume said. “This honor highlights the hard work of our analysts, informaticists, technicians, clinicians, engineers and innovators, and it serves as recognition of NKCH and MH’s commitment to collaboration and rapid transformation in the digital healthcare space.”
The scope of the CHIME Digital Health Most Wired survey reflects the progress of leading healthcare providers as they reinvent healthcare for a new century.
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