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Wired hospitals have lower mortality

CHICAGO, July 12 (UPI) -- The nation's "100 Most Wired Hospitals" have lower mortality rates than other hospitals, according to Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.

The results were released Tuesday in the July issue of the magazine.

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While the new survey does not establish a "cause and effect" relationship between information-technology use and improved outcomes, it demonstrates that technology can play an important role in quality, a release from the magazine said.

Since 1999, Hospitals & Health Networks has surveyed the nation's hospitals on their use of information technology to accomplish key goals, including safety and quality objectives. Based on a detailed scoring process, the magazine annually names the "100 Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems."

This year 502 surveys were submitted, representing 1,255 hospitals.

"There are three key differences in how hospitals apply and use information technology to improve care," says Alden Solovy, executive editor of Hospitals & Health Networks. "The most wired use a wider array of IT tools to address quality and safety, they have a significantly larger percentage of physicians who enter orders themselves and they conduct a larger percentage of clinical activities via information technology."

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