Most Wired: What’s New and How to Get a Jump Start


03.21.2019
Michelle Patterson – VP, Operations

The 2019 CHIME Most Wired survey will be open in early April but participants can get a jump on the process this month. Here is an update on available resources and new features.

The CHIME Governing Board has updated the survey to include questions that reflect current best practices and capture the use of innovative emerging and advanced technologies. CHIME will post a high-level overview that compares last year’s survey questions to this year’s lineup. Hospitals and health systems that know they want to participate, or those that want to explore the possibility, can access a PDF on the Most Wired homepage.

CHIME is expanding Most Wired in 2019 by increasing international outreach efforts to bring in more hospitals and health system outside the U.S. and including a separate survey for ambulatory healthcare organizations. Last year, CHIME’s Most Wired team received 647 submissions representing 2,190 hospitals in nine countries. Of those, 254 qualified for a Most Wired title.

The survey will remain open for two months. Similar to last year, CHIME will provide each participant with a benchmarking report based on their responses that shows them where they excelled and where they could improve. We again will publish a free industry trends report based on the overall results and a special supplement in Modern Healthcare that announces the Most Wired recipients.

One change from last year: We expect to announce the names of healthcare organizations that qualified for recognition well before the Most Wired celebration at the CHIME Fall CIO Forum, which be Nov. 3-6 in Phoenix. We will announce the exact dates for the celebration as well as a likely Sunrise Session to share findings from the industry report closer to the event. CHIME also is offering sponsorship opportunities to Foundation firms with co-branding and thought leadership benefits that carry throughout the year.

Thank you to our many members who participated in the 2018 survey and who gave us valuable feedback to make 2019’s program even better. More information about the 2019 Most Wired program is available here. Sponsorship packages can be found here. If you have any questions about this year’s survey, or need assistance in anyway, please reach out to us at [email protected], or call us at 734-665-0000.

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