The Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking study, conducted annually by Hospitals and Health Networks, has named the "100 Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems" for 2009. The survey measured the use of information technology at 1,314 hospitals for quality, customer service, public health and safety, business processes and workforce issues. The magazine also released lists of the "25 Most Improved," the "25 Most Wireless" and the "25 Most Wired - Small and Rural" hospitals.

The winning hospitals are listed by state below.

Alaska

Most Improved : Central Peninsula General Hospital

Alabama

Small & Rural : Cullman Regional Medical Center

Most Improved: Springhill Medical Center

Most Improved: Washington County Hospital and Nursing Home

Arkansas

Most Wired: UAMS Medical Center

California

Most Wired: Naval Hospital

Most Improved: Rady Children's Hospital and Health Center

Most Wired: Sharp Healthcare

Most Wireless/Most Wired: University of California San Diego Medical Center

Most Wired: Veterans Affairs Central California Health Care System

Colorado

Most Wired: Denver Health Medical Center

Most Wired: Poudre Valley Health System



Connecticut

Most Wireless/Most Wired: Greenwich Hospital

Most Wireless/Most Wired: Hartford Hospital

Most Improved: Norwalk Hospital

Most Wireless/Most Wired: Yale New Haven Health System

Wasington D.C.

Most Wired: Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Florida

Most Wired:Baptist Health South Florida

Most Wired: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Most Wired: Health First, Inc.

Georgia

Most Wired: Memorial Health

Most Wired: Piedmont Fayette Hospital

Most Wired: Piedmont Hospital

Small & Rural: Piedmont Mountainside Hospital

Most Improved: South Georgia Medical Center

Idaho

Most Wireless/Most Wired: Kootenai Medical Center

Most Improved: Steele Memorial Medical Center

Illinois

Most Wired: Advocate Health Care

Most Wireless/Most Wired: Central DuPage Hospital

Most Improved: Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital

Most Wired: Loyola University Health System

Most Improved: McDonough District Hospital

Most Wireless/Most Wired: NorthShore University HealthSystem

Most Wireless/Most Wired: Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Most Wireless/Most Wired: Rush University Medical Center

Small & Rural: Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center

Most Wired: University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago

Indiana

Most Wireless/Most Wired: Clarian Health

Most Wired: Community Health Network

Small & Rural: Marion General Hospital

Small & Rural: Reid Hospital and Health Care Services

Most Wired: Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center

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