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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 1, 2005

2005 Most Wired Hospitals from Hospitals & Health Networks

An analysis of this year's Most Wired Survey results shows for the first time that hospitals leading the way in information technology also have better outcomes. They use a wider array of IT tools to address quality, they conduct a larger percentage of clinical transitions via IT, and a larger percentage of their physicians enter orders themselves.

Illinois hospitals making the list include:

Advocate Health Care
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
Loyola University Medical Center
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Rockford Health System
Rush University Medical Center
Rush-Copley Medical Center

Most Improved:

Silver Cross Hospital
University of Chicago Hospitals

Most Wireless:

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
Rush-Copley Medical Center

For more information and the complete list, visit the Hospitals & Health Networks site.