<strong><h2>Top 10 Medium IT Departments, 2014</strong></h2>
The top 10 medium winners (26-75 IT employees) in the 2014 Best Hospital IT Departments program thrive on solving problems, helping customers use IT more effectively, and working to achieve organizational goals.
<strong><h2>10. Saint Francis Medical Center</strong></h2>
#10 Medium Hospital IT Department, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
IT Staff: 36
Licensed Beds: 280
Saint Francis Medical Center CIO Edward Duryee's staff thrives on teamwork and "cohesion and support from management." The facility is transitioning from five separate EHR systems to one, and "the organization is doing it right – and coming up with the funding to do it right," he said.
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<strong><h2>9. Calvert Health System</strong></h2>
#9 Medium Hospital IT Department, Calvert County, Md.
IT Staff: 30
Licensed Beds: 113
Calvert Health System’s IT team has been hard at work the past few years, connecting hospitals and physician practices with a community health information exchange and computerized order entry. "Our caregivers put their trust in us to make sure they have reliable, meaningful, usable systems," said CIO Ed Grogan.
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<strong><h2>8. Trinitas Regional Medical Center</strong></h2>
#8 Medium Hospital IT Department, Elizabeth, N.J.
IT Staff: 35
Licensed Beds: 535
Over the past year, only one person has left the Trinitas IT team and that was to move to California. "The icing on the cake is when IT workers get a great thank you card from a user," said CIO Judy Comitto.
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<strong><h2>7. Union Hospital</strong></h2>
#7 Medium Hospital IT Department, Terre Haute, Ind.
IT Staff: 38
Licensed Beds: 350
The IT staff at Union Hospital is not micromanaged. Staff work shoulder-to-shoulder to move the hospital toward its overall goals, and team members are empowered to make decisions, said Tiffany Bennett, information systems director.
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<strong><h2>6. Washington Regional Medical Center</strong></h2>
#6 Medium Hospital IT Department, Fayetteville, Ark.
IT staff: 32
Licensed Beds: 366
The IT staff at Washington Regional Medical Center takes pride in the important role they play within the hospital. "Customers" from different departments meet regularly with the team to share how IT helps them provide better patient care, said Raymon Nance, information systems director.
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<strong><h2>5. Blessing Health System</strong></h2>
#5 Medium Hospital IT Department, Quincy, Ill.
IT staff: 70
Licensed beds: 325
IT staffers at Blessing Health System know there are 69 other professionals who can be called upon to help meet customer needs – making it possible to solve any problem in quick order. "We truly work with a sense of teamwork," said Jessica Dalheim, information systems supervisor.
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<strong><h2>4. Union Hospital</strong></h2>
#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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<strong><h2>3. Children’s Hospital & Medical Center</strong></h2>
#3 Medium Hospital IT Department, Omaha, Neb.
IT Staff: 75
Licensed Beds: 145
Children's Hospital & Medical Center CIO George Reynolds said he is most proud of the IT department for how it pulls together to support the organization’s mission of treating children. "That level of commitment is just fun to be around," he said.
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<strong><h2>2. Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System</strong></h2>
#2 Medium Hospital IT Department, Mattoon, Ill.
IT Staff: 30
Licensed Beds: 128
The Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System serves a 128-bed regional hospital and numerous clinics and outpatient facilities – a wide service base that requires the 30-person IT staff to make sure they visit clinicians outside of the hospital to best meet their needs.
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<strong><h2>1. Springhill Medical Center</strong></h2>
