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CHICAGO, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2009 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study, one of the leading IT benchmarking tools in health care, is online beginning today. Open to all hospitals and health systems, the survey measures hospital IT activities in five key areas: business processes, customer service, safety and quality, workforce and public health and safety. Participating hospitals may be named to the 2009 Hospitals & Health Networks list of the 100 Most Wired which will be released in July 2009.

Since 1998, Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association, has named the nation's 100 Most Wired hospitals and health systems. Hospitals can also be named Most Improved, Most Wireless and Most Wired -- Small and Rural.

The 11th annual survey is available at http://www.hhnmostwiredsurvey.com, along with further information on the survey. The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2009. Every organization that submits a survey receives a benchmarking analysis of their data.

About the Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study

The 2009 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study is conducted in cooperation with McKesson Corporation and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).

McKesson is the world's leading provider of health care supply, IT, automation and connectivity solutions. McKesson solutions are designed to empower health care professionals to improve patient safety, reduce variability, and better manage their resources and revenue stream.

CHIME was formed with the dual objectives of serving the professional development needs of health care chief information officers and advocating the more effective use of information management within health care. With membership of over 1,300 CIOs, CHIME has established itself as the pr
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