title: 'Meaningful use' hoists hospital IT to next level.
abstract: The winners of H & HN's annual survey of information technology use among hospitals and health systems. Plus: the Most Wired-Small and Rural, Most Improved and Most Wireless. And we consider how leaders of top IT hospitals plan to make "meaningful use" a guide for improvement.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weinstock
authors.forename: Suzanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoppszallern
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D019985:Benchmarking; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006276:Health Facility Size / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000379:methods; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D020380:Needs Assessment; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States