Awards

Most Wired
Center For Women's Health
Laboratory

Release Date: July 15, 2002 

MAJOR HOSPITAL NAMED A MOST WIRED 
HOSPITALS & HEALTH SYSTEMS

CHICAGO, IL (July 15, 2002) - Major Hospital; Shelbyville, Indiana has been named one of the nation's Most Wired hospital and health system in the nation. The fourth annual survey and benchmarking study is awarded to technically savvy hospitals by Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association, in cooperation with McKesson Information Solutions, Qwest Communications International, and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. The survey and benchmarking study measures the nation's health care systems on their use of Internet technologies to connect with patients, physicians
and nurses, payors, health plans and employees. This is the second, time Major Hospital has been named to the list. 

Hospitals & Health Networks worked with two leading firms-McKesson Information Solutions and Qwest Communications International-to develop an in-depth eight-page survey available online to every hospital in the
United States. Results from the survey were used to name the 100 Most Wired, the 10 Most Improved and the 10 Most Wireless. More than 300 health systems responded to the survey, representing about 800 hospitals.

"This year's survey shows that Most Wired organizations continue to commit employees and money to their info tech investments," says Alden Solovy, executive editor of Hospitals & Health Networks. "This is reflected in the large gaps in penetration of key technologies and the large gaps in communicating with patients, doctors and nurses."

Winners and further analysis can be found in the July Hospitals & Health Networks. (www.hhnmag.com) Information on connecting with suppliers can be found in Materials Management in Health Care (www.matmanmag.com), July. The August, H&HN's Most Wired Magazine (www.hhnmostwired.com) feature story will focus on the Most Wireless winners and the September Health Forum Journal (www.healthforumjournal.com) will highlight the Innovator Awards winners.

Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association, conducts the Most Wired survey annually. McKesson Information Solutions serves the supply management and information technology needs of health care organizations. Qwest Communications International is a leader in reliable, scalable and secure broadband data, voice and image communications for businesses and consumers. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society provides leadership for the management of technology, information and change. 

MAJOR HOSPITAL  "CENTER FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH" 
IMAGING DEPARTMENT RECEIVES ACCREDIATION
BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY (ACR)

Major Hospital - Shelbyville, IN has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in Mammography and Ultrasound as a result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology (ACR).

The ACR, headquartered in Reston, Virginia, awards accreditation to facilities for the achievement of high practice standards after a peer-review evaluation of its practice. Evaluations are conducted by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field. They assess the qualifications of the personnel, adequacy of facility equipment, as well as quality assessment and improvement activities, including peer review. The surveyors report their findings to the ACR's Committee on Accreditation, which subsequently provides the practice with a comprehensive report.

The ACR is a national organization serving more than 32, 000
radiologists, radiation oncologists and medical physicists with programs focusing on the practice of medical imaging and radiation oncology and the delivery of comprehensive health care services.

MAJOR HOSPITAL LABORATORY RECEIVES ACCREDITATION BY THE HEALTHCARE FACILITIES ACCREDITATION PROGRAM (HFAP) OF THE AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION

Shelbyville, IN - MAJOR HOSPITAL has recently earned accreditation from the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP). Accreditation by HFAP demonstrates that a health care facility has met the standards set forth by HFAP to provide high quality care and compliance with governmental regulations.

HFAP, recognized nationally by the federal government, state
governments, insurance carriers and managed care organizations, has been accrediting health care facilities for more than 50 years. Dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of patient care, HFAP is one of only two national voluntary accreditation programs with "Deeming Authority" from the Health Care Financing Administration of the Federal Government to accredit hospitals and their clinical laboratories.

"Major Hospital should be recognized for its commitment to providing quality care to its community," says George A. Reuther, AOA Director for the Division of Healthcare Facilities Accreditation. "Accreditation is an important achievement for a laboratory and one that Major Hospital should be proud of."

Major Hospital a Shelbyville based hospital, received accreditation after surveyors measured the facility against a benchmark of hundreds of recognized standards relating to each area and function of the facility.

"We are pleased to have earned accreditation by HFAP," adds Tony Lennen, CEO. "Our facility seeks voluntary accreditation because we are committed to providing our patients with the highest quality of care, and being accredited by HFAP challenges us to attain that high level of care."