PHILADELPHIA— For the 20th time, Penn Medicine has made CHIME (College of Healthcare Information Management Executives) Healthcare’s “Digital Health Most Wired” list for its outstanding use of information technology to deliver care and improve operational efficiency. It is the 12th consecutive year that Penn Medicine has been honored by CHIME, this year achieving Level 8 (of 10) in both Ambulatory and Acute care services. Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health also achieved Level 8 in both the Ambulatory and Acute care services.
“This recognition further exemplifies the collaborative spirit that exists at Penn Medicine between the Corporate Information Services organization and our healthcare operational partners,” said Michael Restuccia, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Penn Medicine. “The deployment and adoption of technologies to enhance patient care and improve operational efficiency is a ‘team-sport.’
The Most Wired list each year is composed after health systems completed a survey of their information technology infrastructure. By achieving Level 8, Most Wired recognizes that Penn Medicine has “deployed technologies and strategies” that are helping to analyze and manage data, leading to “meaningful clinical and efficiency outcomes.”
CHIME’s Most Wired program strives to push health systems to optimally use information technology in ways that benefit their communities.
“This achievement does not happen without great effort, and I am so proud of our teams..” Restuccia said. “Through our efforts to adopt and support new technologies, our work has benefitted many throughout our organization, including, most importantly, our patients and caregivers.”
Penn Medicine is one of the world’s leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, excellence in patient care, and community service. The organization consists of the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Penn’s Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine, founded in 1765 as the nation’s first medical school.
The Perelman School of Medicine is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $550 million awarded in the 2022 fiscal year. Home to a proud history of “firsts” in medicine, Penn Medicine teams have pioneered discoveries and innovations that have shaped modern medicine, including recent breakthroughs such as CAR T cell therapy for cancer and the mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System’s patient care facilities stretch from the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania to the New Jersey shore. These include the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Chester County Hospital, Lancaster General Health, Penn Medicine Princeton Health, and Pennsylvania Hospital—the nation’s first hospital, founded in 1751. Additional facilities and enterprises include Good Shepherd Penn Partners, Penn Medicine at Home, Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital, and Princeton House Behavioral Health, among others.
Penn Medicine is an $11.1 billion enterprise powered by more than 49,000 talented faculty and staff.