#4 Medium Hospital IT Department, Elkton, Md.
IT Staff: 29
Licensed Beds: 122

The IT team at Union Hospital takes initiative to help customers use technology to make workflow and processes better. By doing so, staffers realize they are making a big difference in improving patient care, said CIO Anne Lara.

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How we chose the winners
Money may talk, but when it comes to creating a great workplace, that talk is barely a whisper. In reading the 25 profiles of this year's winners in Healthcare IT News' 4th annual Best Hospital IT Departments program, you'll see only one reference to salary and benefits.
Best Super Hospital IT Department
Prime Healthcare Services' roster of small and medium community hospitals is growing fast -- and spreading far and wide.
Best Super Hospital IT Department
To become a member of Tampa General Hospital's IT team, one must have a desire to further technology in healthcare, but also a mind towards patient wellbeing.
Best Super Hospital IT Department
With more than 900 locations and upwards of 60,000 employees, Carolinas HealthCare System gives new meaning to the phrase "go big or go home."
Best Super Hospital IT Department
"When we look back at the end of careers, or when we look back 10 or 15 years from now, we will have been part of the most exciting, transformational change that healthcare has probably ever undergone," Harold Moscho, vice president of information technology for MultiCare Health System.