The Most Wired Team

H&HN appreciates the support of many individuals who contributed to the success of the Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study, the Innovator Awards and the research and analysis that goes into the results article. Leaders throughout health care assisted in providing insight and direction. Employees of the American Hospital Association's policy staff and Resource Center provided background research and perspective. Members of H&HN's Most Wired Magazine editorial advisory board reviewed the survey and served as judges for the Innovator Awards. The following is a partial list of the many individuals that contributed to the 2005 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study.

Health Forum staff: Kyle Anderson, Katie Aumer, Peggy DuMais, Kendra A. Hopkins, Suzanna Hoppszallern*, Clisby Jackson, Jane Jeffries*, Peter Kralovec, Chuck Lazar, Steve Reczynski, William Santamour, Alden Solovy*, Jennifer Towne*, Matthew Weinstock, Marty Weitzel

Accenture staff:Rachael Adler, Nadia Leather, Lydon Neuman, Lewis Redd, John Quinn*

IDX Systems Corp. staff: Jamie Gier; Graham Hughes, M.D.*; Mike Raymer; Mark Wheeler, M.D.

2005 Most Wired Survey Reviewers and Definitions Board

Donna Agnew, director, clinical applications, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque, N.M.; Mike Allen,vice president of finance, Winona (Minn.) Health; Christopher Baldwin, vice president of corporate management information systems, Northeast Health, Troy, N.Y.; Kay Carr, senior vice president and CIO, St. Luke's Episcopal Health System, Houston; Molly Joel Coye, M.D., CEO, Health Technology Center, San Francisco; Lex Ferrauiola, vice president and CIO, Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center; Jamie Franklin,CIO, Children's Hospital and Health Center of California, San Diego; John Jenkins, vice president and CIO, Moses Cone Health System, Greensboro, N.C.; Mike Kelly, information systems director, Alice Hyde Medical Center, Malone, N.Y.; Deanne Morrison, CIO, Concord (N.H.) Hospital; Tom Ogg, vice president and CIO, Memorial Healthcare, Owosso, Mich.; J. Marc Overhage, M.D., research scientist, Regenstrief Institute Inc., Indianapolis, and associate professor of medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Robert J. Pickton, senior vice president and CIO, Baylor Health Care System, Dallas; Steve Reeves, vice president of information systems and interim CIO, Cedar Sinai Health System, Los Angeles; Keith Rivera, director, e-business and Web applications, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque, N.M.; Dick Shurson*, director, information systems, Kishwaukee Health System, DeKalb, Ill.; Kelly Styles, CIO, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.; Mike Smith, CIO, Lee Memorial Health System, Fort Myers, Fla.; Bill Spooner*, senior vice president and CIO, Sharp Healthcare, San Diego; Steve Stanic*, vice president and CIO, Memorial Health, Savannah, Ga.; Annette Walker, senior vice president, strategy and physician integration, Memorial Health Services, Huntington Beach, Calif.; Scott Wallace, president, National Alliance for Health Information Technology, Chicago; Robert Wilson*, vice president and CIO, Crozer-Keystone Health System, Springfield, Pa.

Innovator Award Judges

Paula Anthony, vice president, ETMC Regional Healthcare System, Tyler, Texas; George Arges, senior director, health data management group, American Hospital Association, Chicago; Kay Carr, senior vice president and CIO, St. Luke's Episcopal Health System, Houston; Kari Cassel, CIO, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock; Carole Cotter*, senior vice president and CIO, Lifespan, Providence, R.I.; John Glaser, vice president and CIO, Partners HealthCare, Boston; Leslie Kelly Hall, vice president and CIO, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise, Idaho; Dennis L'Heureux, vice president and CIO, Rockford (Ill.) Health; Deane Morrison, CIO, Concord (N.H.) Hospital;Don Nielsen, M.D., senior vice president for quality leadership, American Hospital Association, Washington, D.C.; Tom Ogg, vice president and CIO, Memorial Healthcare, Owosso, Mich.; Robert J. Pickton, senior vice president and CIO, Baylor Health Care System, Dallas; Rod Piechowski, vice president of technology leadership, The National Alliance for Health Information Technology, Chicago; Dick Shurson*, director of information systems, Kishwaukee Health System, DeKalb, Ill.; Bill Spooner*, vice president and CIO, Sharp Healthcare, San Diego; Kelly Styles, CIO, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.; Annette Walker, senior vice president, strategy and physician integration, Memorial Health Services, Huntington Beach, Calif.; Robert Wilson*, vice president and CIO, Crozer-Keystone Health System, Springfield, Pa.; Tim Zoph, vice president, information services, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago

*Members of the 2005 H&HN's Most Wired Magazine Editorial Advisory Board

This article 1st appeared in the July 2005 issue of HHN Magazine.

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