MDNews - Central New York

ST. JOSEPH'S HEALTH EARNS 2019 CHIME RECOGNITION The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) announced that St. Joseph's Health has earned 2019 CHIME HealthCare's Most Wired recognition as a certified level 9. The 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. St. Joseph's Health is the only hospital in the region to receive the level 9 distinction. "St. Joseph's EHR and other technologies connect everyone throughout our system, including primary care physicians and services lines in the community, which has resulted in improved patient care and patient engagement," says Chuck Fennell, Vice President for Information Services and Chief Information Officer at St. Joseph's. "As we celebrate the 150th anniversary of St. Joseph's and all of the ways our predecessors pioneered health care, receiving this Most Wired designation for the 10th year in a row demonstrates yet another way in which St. Joseph's is committed to innovating health care in Central New York." "Healthcare organizations across the globe are continually striving to raise the standard of care, pushing themselves and their peers to do better," says CHIME President and CEO Russ Branzell. "We designed Most Wired to identify and share those leading practices so everyone can benefit. It is an honor to be among those who perform at the high - est levels, knowing that the excellence they achieve will impact patients for years to come." A total of 16,168 organizations were represented in the 2019 Most Wired program, which included three separate surveys this year: do - mestic, ambulatory and international. The surveys assessed the adop- tion, integration and impact of technologies in healthcare organizations at all stages of development, including early development through 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, interopera - bility/population health, patient engagement and clinical quality/safety. Participants can use the scores to identify strengths and opportunities for improvement. This is the second year CHIME has conducted the survey and over- seen the program. Last year, CHIME made numerous improvements to the survey, governance and scoring methodology. This year, CHIME added an ambulatory survey in addition to the domestic survey, ex - panded international outreach and incorporated an improved system that allows participating organizations to better benchmark their level of adoption and outcomes achieved. The system includes Most Wired certification at a level that reflects an organization's overall perfor - mance. CHIME also revised the customized benchmarking report for ease of use and will publish a report based on Most Wired responses to identify industry trends in 2019. CLAXTON-HEPBURN MEDICAL CENTER ANNOUNCES NEW CEO Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center is pleased to announce the appoint- ment of Richard A. Duvall, MHCM, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Duvall replaced Claxton-Hepburn's interim CEO, Charles "Chuck" Gijanto, who retired from his role. This announcement does not represent a merger or acquisition. Duvall's appointment was approved by both Claxton-Hepburn and Carthage Hospital's boards of directors. The final approval came from North Star Health Alliance, the parent board of the affiliation between Claxton-Hepburn and River Hospital. Duvall has been with Carthage Area Hospital (CAH) since 2008, serv - ing in various leadership capacities and culminating with his appoint- ment to CEO in 2014. He has a strong track record for improving opera- tions and expanding healthcare services throughout the community. Duvall will serve as CEO for both CAH and Claxton-Hepburn. "This is an exciting partnership between two North Country hospi- tals. By taking a regional approach to healthcare in the North Country, working together will only strengthen the services we offer to patients. Ideally, this will create efficiencies in the way we conduct business. This partnership is the next step in creating an integrated, system-wide ap - proach to how our patients receive healthcare," Duvall says. Both healthcare facilities have worked collaboratively since the an- nouncement of their affiliation with Crouse Health in late 2017. Building on those initiatives, Crouse North was established in spring 2019 to provide locally based planning and increased access to care. n Medical Briefs 2 2

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