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Mercy Moves Up "Most Wired" List with Elite Honor
1888 Press Release Mercy is one of only 13 health systems to achieve "Advanced" distinction on the Most
Wired list.
St. Louis, MOIL Year after year, Mercy's digital connection with patients has been ranked among the
nation's best, to the tune of 12 Most Wired™ recognitions by the American Hospital Association (AHA).
Now Mercy has achieved a unique achievement atop that list, shared by only a dozen other health systems.
Earlier this year, Mercy made the list for integration and expanded analysis of electronic health records
(EHR). Upon further review, the AHA has presented Mercy with the distinction of 2015 Most Wired™
Advanced. The Most Wired™ Survey examines how organizations leverage IT to improve infrastructure,
quality and safety, and clinical integration. Advanced organizations take it a step further, improving
chronic disease management services for patients at home and also improving upon care that's based
typically on medical literature.
"We've raised the bar once again," said Vance Moore, senior vice president of operations at Mercy. "We
have put information to work for our patients, physicians and those who support them. Health care is
often defined more by variation than precision; yet, as we continue to refine our IT, we have the
information and tools to bring insight to physicians and caregivers when they need it most."
That information is used to create "clinical pathways," as they are referred to at Mercy, which are then
available for physicians to implement or adjust based on a patient's needs. "This helps us keep learning,"
Moore said. "We're firm believers that information is the new currency of performance clinically,
operationally and financially."
Mercy began using its EHR in 2008, and has recently begun offering EHR and data analytics tools and
services to other hospitals that are looking to transition from a focus on higher patient volume to care that ...