Saint Luke’s Health System Earns 2020 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired Recognition

Saint Luke’s Health System is pleased to receive the 2020 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired recognition in two areas by The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). Saint Luke’s achieved Digital Health Certified Ambulatory LEVEL 8, receiving the Quality Award and achieved Digital Health Certified Acute LEVEL 7, receiving Special Recognition.

The CHIME Digital Health Most Wired program conducts an annual survey to assess how effectively healthcare organizations apply core and advanced technologies into their clinical and business programs to improve health and care in their communities.

“We are honored that Saint Luke’s has been recognized as ‘Most Wired’ in 19 out of the last 21 years,” said Debe Gash, Saint Luke’s Senior Vice President Chief Digital Officer. “These awards emphasize Saint Luke’s commitment and dedication to adopting technology to foster patient engagement and to offer greater access to heath care."

A total of 30,091 organizations were represented in the 2020 Digital Health Most Wired program, which this year included four separate surveys: domestic, ambulatory, long-term care and international. The surveys assessed the adoption, integration and impact of technologies in healthcare organizations at all stages of development, from early development to industry leading.

Each participating organization received a customized benchmarking report, an overall score and scores for individual levels in eight segments: infrastructure; security; business/disaster recovery; administrative/supply chain; analytics/data management; interoperability/population health; patient engagement; and clinical quality/safety. Participants can use the report and scores to identify strengths and opportunities for improvement. Participants also received certification based on their overall performance, with level 10 being the highest.

“Digital technology has been a driver of innovation in healthcare for many years now, but never to the degree that we saw in 2020 with the pandemic,” said CHIME President and CEO Russell P. Branzell. “The Digital Health Most Wired program underscores why healthcare organizations keep pushing themselves to be digital leaders and shows what amazing feats they can achieve. This certification recognizes their exemplary performance in 2020.”

This is the third year that CHIME has conducted the survey and overseen the program. In each successive year, CHIME has expanded the survey to capture more types of organizations that serve patients across the continuum of care. CHIME also continues to promote the program internationally to provide a global overview of digital health advancements.

As in past years, CHIME will publish an industry trends report based on Digital Health Most Wired responses from U.S. participants. The 2020 National Trends Report is scheduled to be released in November during CHIME20 Digital. For more information about the CHIME Digital Health Most Wired program, please go here.