The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) awarded Riverside Health System with its 2019 Most Wired recognition, the only health system in Virginia to receive this designation for 15 consecutive years.

 “Most Wired” is earned following an annual survey that assesses how effectively health care organizations apply core and advanced technologies into their clinical and business programs to improve health and care in their communities, a Riverside release stated.

“Health care organizations across the globe are continually striving to raise the standard of care, pushing themselves and their peers to do better,” said CHIME president and CEO Russ Branzell. “We designed Most Wired to identify and share those leading practices so everyone can benefit.”

According to CHIME, organizations like Riverside achieving level 8 certification have deployed technologies and strategies (e.g., population health/cost-of-care analytics, HIEs...