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University Hospital One of "100 Most Wired" in Nation

AUG. 16, 2001 | For the second year in a row, University Hospital at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has been named one of the nation’s 100 "most wired" hospitals and health care systems by Hospitals and Health Networks, the magazine of the American Hospital Association.

This prestigious award is based on an annual survey, developed in conjunction with Deloitte Consulting and McKesson HBOC, which polled the nation’s health care systems on their use of Internet technologies to connect with patients, physicians and nurses, payers, health plans and employees.

"We are pleased to have the efforts of University Hospital recognized among the nation’s leaders in the field of health care information technology. We are especially pleased that the magazine has, for the first time, taken the analysis one step further and looked at the benefits better information brings to our patients, physicians and community," Kari L. Cassel, chief information officer for University Hospital, said.

The magazine reported that "along with higher credit ratings, the Most Wired have greater expense control and more productivity."

More than 280 hospitals and health systems responded to the survey, representing 1,177 hospitals.

Photo: Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson, M.D., Kari L. Cassel, and CEO Richard Pierson, of University Hospital, posed in "Most Wired" t-shirts with the award.

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University Hospital: http://www.uams.edu/medcenter/u-hosptl.htm
Hospitals and Health Networks: http://www.hhnmag.com/asp/ArticleDisplay.asp?PubID=1&ArticleID=14903

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