Best Hospital IT Departments

This year's crop of winning departments displayed the highest levels of employee satisfaction in their survey responses.

From ER to OR, imaging to labs, the IT team is all about resilience and resolve, its CIO says.

"You don't know how strong you are until you face a big disaster like this," said the CIO of the only HIMSS Stage 6 hospital in Puerto Rico, which has been powering its EHR with a generator since the storm struck.

Throughout the 2017 Best Hospital IT Departments survey process, Healthcare IT News and its data collection/research partner, HIMSS Analytics, will remain committed to the privacy and anonymity of all respondents. Although the study will collect, analyze and evaluate hospital IT employee data and related information, Healthcare IT News and HIMSS Analytics will uphold the highest levels of confidentiality. Except for the single person who registers a hospital for the study, email addresses of specific employees are not collected. At no time will individual or hospital-specific information gathered through the Best Hospital IT Departments be released to any third party. Data collected will only be analyzed by Healthcare IT News and HIMSS Analytics in the aggregate and will be used for group-level benchmarking and comparative purposes only. For the sole purpose of publishing a Best Hospital IT Departments report and other related media features, Healthcare IT News will provide authorized editorial staff with contact information for IT contacts at select hospitals. The information released internally at Healthcare IT News will be limited to the data gathered by the study. Any such information used in a public forum will be positive in nature and will only reflect favorably on a given hospital. Read our FAQ here. Any additional questions about the study should be directed to Healthcare IT News Editor Mike Miliard at mike.miliard@himssmedia.com or 207-791-8737.

Why should I participate? By submitting your nomination, you'll enjoy the distinction of being considered for ranking as one of the top hospital IT departments nationwide. This is an exciting opportunity to set your department apart from others in your field and boost your recruitment efforts! How will the survey results be used? Results from the Best Hospital IT Departments study will be used, anonymously, to present information to our readership about all facets of the top hospital IT workplaces nationally. The research for this project is being performed by HIMSS Analytics. Read our privacy policy here. How are the top departments are selected? Employees in nominated hospital IT departments will complete a 10-minute survey. The departments with the highest survey rankings will be profiled in a November 2016 special report, distributed with Healthcare IT News in print and also published online. What is the deadline for 2017 survey completion? Friday, August 25. Any additional questions about the study should be directed to Healthcare IT News Editor Mike Miliard at mike.miliard@himssmedia.com or 207-791-8737. Valuable feedback All participating hospital IT departments will receive valuable feedback – for free. This information will help your team maintain a great workplace or highlight areas where you may need to improve. For example, you'll learn: How employees view your department's mission and purpose How they feel about your department's leadership and management Whether employees enjoy their workplace environment How your department's workplace compares to IT departments at similar-sized hospitals Healthcare IT News Healthcare IT News, published by HIMSS Media, is the news source for healthcare information technology for more than 54,000 readers, which include IT professionals, C-suite and general management, and clinical executives at hospitals and IDNs, group practices, ambulatory care facilities, home healthcare organizations, as well as healthcare payers, consultants and vendors.

Our annual awards recognize top hospital and health system teams based on leadership, professional development opportunities, salary and benefits, workplace culture and more.

A webinar featuring the CIOs of two award-winning hospitals will share their thoughts about how to improve morale and inspire their staffs. 

A look inside some of the most ambitious initiatives happening at Healthcare IT News' 2016 Best Hospital IT Departments, which are cultivating a bold new era of care delivery by homing in on the patient experience.

Healthcare IT News took the pulse of its Best Hospital IT Departments 2016 winners and found that progress on these fronts is fluctuating – from ‘dabbling’ today to leading-edge work toward next-generation care delivery.

Natural disasters. EHR downtime. Data breaches. They’re all on the list. The more surprising ones? Not being disruptive enough and building systems that don't match what clinicians and patients actually need.