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PARTNERS HEALTHCARE EARNS NATIONAL E-HEALTH HONOR
Named Among the Nation’s Top 100 ‘Most Wired’ Health Systems for 2009

Partners HealthCare has been named one of the nation’s top 100 ‘Most Wired’ hospitals and health systems for the eleventh consecutive year.  The recognition is awarded by Hospital and Health Networks (H&HN) magazine, which has reported that patient satisfaction was higher and outcomes are better at hospitals on the top 100 list.  Partners HealthCare is one of a handful of organizations in the country to earn the honor every year since H&HN first debuted the list in 1999.

According to the magazine, “Partners excels in medication safety, with physicians using e-prescribing for 90 percent of inpatient medication orders, a sophisticated array of drug alerts for nurses, pharmacists and physicians, and a comprehensive electronic medication reconciliation process.”

Results of the magazine’s 11th annual Most Wired survey, published this summer, have historically shown that patients at the top technology hospitals have a better overall assessment of their stay and specifically are more satisfied with the admissions process and the manner in which tests and treatments are handled.  Additionally, the magazine has detailed a correlation between technology and quality, with the top 100 Most Wired hospitals and health systems having better outcomes on a variety of quality measures, including risk-adjusted mortality rates.

For more information on the Top 100 Most Wired list visit www.hhnmag.com .

Partners HealthCare, founded in 1994 by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, is an integrated health system that includes primary care and specialty physicians, the two academic medical centers, community and specialty hospitals, community health centers, home health and long-term care services, and other health-related entities.  In addition to its patient care mission, Partners is one of the nation’s premier biomedical research organizations and a major teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School. Partners is a not-for-profit organization.

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