RWJBarnabas Health Facilities Named 2019 Most Wired

The annual “Healthcare’s Most Wired” survey, overseen by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), was recently released and RWJBarnabas Health facilities topped the list for Most Wired Hospitals. RWJBarnabas Health facilities named to the 2019 Most Wired Hospitals list include: Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) New Brunswick, Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, Community Medical Center in Toms River, RWJUH Hamilton, Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, RWJUH Somerset in Somerville, Jersey City Medical Center in Jersey City, RWJUH Rahway and the RWJBarnabas Health Medical Groups.

The mission of the CHIME “Healthcare’s Most Wired” program is to elevate the health and care of communities around the world by encouraging the optimal use of information technology. The program does this by conducting an annual survey to identify, recognize, and certify the adoption, implementation, and use of information technology by healthcare provider organizations. The results are intended to improve patient safety and outcomes by driving change in the healthcare IT industry.

This year, CHIME’s “Healthcare’s Most Wired” program incorporated certification levels to allow organizations to better benchmark their level of adoption and outcomes achieved. Monmouth Medical Center, Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus, RWJUH New Brunswick and Saint Barnabas Medical Center received Performance Excellence Award certification. This level of certification recognizes healthcare organizations that are being leaders in healthcare technology who actively push the industry forward by not only implementing advanced technologies but leveraging these technologies in innovative ways and encouraging deep adoption across their organization. Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Community Medical Center, RWJUH Hamilton, Clara Maass Medical Center, RWJUH Somerset, Jersey City Medical Center, RWJUH Rahway and the RWJBarnabas Health Medical Groups received Quality Award certification for adopting technologies and strategies that aid in achieving meaningful clinical and efficiency outcomes.

“We are honored to again receive this prestigious designation for so many of our facilities,” said Robert G. Irwin, Chief Information Officer for RWJBarnabas Health. “RWJBarnabas Health is improving the efficiency of care delivery through advances in technology and IT systems across a multitude of platforms, with the goal of realizing meaningful outcomes, improving quality of care, improving patient experience, reducing costs and increasing patient access to healthcare services.”

Hospitals and health systems at the forefront of using healthcare IT to improve the delivery of care have maximized the benefits of foundational technologies and are embracing new technologies that support population management and value-based care. The most successful organizations not only adopt technology but apply it strategically to achieve great outcomes, according to an analysis of CHIME HealthCare’s Most Wired survey results.

For more information about RWJBarnabas Health, please visit www.RWJBH.org.

ABOUT RWJBARNABAS HEALTH

RWJBarnabas Health is the largest, most comprehensive academic health care system in New Jersey, with a service area covering nine counties with five million people. The system includes eleven acute care hospitals – Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, Community Medical Center in Toms River, Jersey City Medical Center in Jersey City, Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, RWJUH in New Brunswick, RWJUH Somerset in Somerville, RWJUH Hamilton, RWJUH Rahway and Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston; three acute care children’s hospitals and a leading pediatric rehabilitation hospital with a network of outpatient centers, a freestanding 100-bed behavioral health center, two trauma centers, a satellite emergency department, ambulatory care centers, geriatric centers, the state’s largest behavioral health network, comprehensive home care and hospice programs, fitness and wellness centers, retail pharmacy services, a medical group, multi-site imaging centers and an accountable care organization.

RWJBarnabas Health is New Jersey’s largest private employer – with more than 34,000 employees, 9,000 physicians and 1,000 residents and interns – and routinely captures national awards for outstanding quality and safety. RWJBarnabas Health recently announced a partnership with Rutgers University to create New Jersey’s largest academic health care system. The collaboration will align RWJBarnabas Health with Rutgers’ education, research and clinical activities, including those at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey - the state's only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center - and Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care.

About CHIME

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is an executive organization dedicated to serving chief information officers (CIOs), chief medical information officers (CMIOs), chief nursing information officers (CNIOs) and other senior healthcare IT leaders. With more than 2,700 members in 51 countries and over 150 healthcare IT business partners and professional services firms, CHIME provides a highly interactive, trusted environment enabling senior professional and industry leaders to collaborate; exchange best practices; address professional development needs; and advocate the effective use of information management to improve the health and healthcare in the communities they serve. For more information, please visit chimecentral.org.

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