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BWH this month was named to Health Imaging & IT magazine’s “Top 25 Connected Healthcare Facilities” list for the sixth straight year. BWH is the only hospital in the country to have made this prestigious list six years in a row and the only hospital in New England on the list this year.
BWH gained praise for making image-viewing available throughout the distributed campus and more than 40 ORs. BWH clinicians electronically order imaging studies at a consistent rate of greater than 98 percent, and there are more than 5 million images viewed per month. BWH’s high level of deployment of EMRs (electronic medical records, or the Longitudinal Medical Record at BWH) contributed to the hospital making the Top Connected list.
In selecting this list, Health Imaging & IT also examines the number of physicians with remote access to clinical images and patient data, methods for physician access, the number and breadth of clinical IT systems deployed, how many departments share patient data and images electronically, the number of imaging technologies that share images and information with PACS and the economic and clinical impact of greater physician connectivity with images and patient data.
Radiology Chairman Steven Seltzer, MD, said, “This continued recognition is testament to the scope and modernity of the technology we use and the skill and expertise of all our staff who use it to deliver top-quality care.”
BWH Chief Information Officer Sue Schade credited the BWH and PHS IS teams for their hard work and contributions to improving patient care. “Our IS teams continue to develop, maintain and enhance a wide range of applications that meet increased demands of the health care landscape and enable our clinicians to deliver the top-quality care BWH is known for,” she said.