Pullman, WA -- Pullman Regional Hospital was named one of the 25 most wired small/rural hospitals nationally in 2007 by Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association. The list is based on the Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study, which asks hospitals to report on how they use information technology to address five key areas: safety and quality, customer service, business processes, workforce, and public health and safety.
Awards were also given to the 100 most wired hospitals in the country and the 25 most “wireless” hospitals.
The survey is in its ninth year and is conducted in partnership with Accenture, American Hospital Association, CHIME, H&HN, and McKesson. Roughly 20 percent of U.S. hospitals, or 1,284 hospitals, completed the survey. Hospitals named to the 100 Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems list are large urban hospitals, include Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York; and Sharp HealthCare in San Diego, CA.
Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d’Alene, Deaconess Medial Center, Holy Family Hospital and Sacred Heart Medical Center are among regional hospitals that made the top 100 most wired list.
Other hospitals receiving recognition for most wired in the small and rural category included Enumclaw Regional Hospital, Enumclaw, Washington; Othello Community Hospital, Othello, Washington; Genesis Medial Center, DeWitt, Iowa; Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, Camp Pendleton, California; and St. Luke’s Magic Valley Regional Medical Center, Twin Falls, Idaho.
Specifically, Pullman Regional Hospital has digital imaging, bedside electronic charting, and is working with area medical practices to develop a comprehensive patient electronic medical record. The hospital also uses WatchChild, a fetal monitoring system that allows physicians to monitor a mother in labor when off-site. In addition, the Stentor system delivers real-time images to clinicians and physicians for virtual consultations and diagnosis on site or off site, in the operating room or the doctor’s office.
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