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Wired hospitals help consumers manage their healthcare

E-Health Trend Watch, September 1, 2006

The nation's 100 "Most Wired Hospitals" and health systems are helping consumers take charge of their healthcare by providing more tools online, according to results from the eighth annual Most Wired Survey, conducted annually by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.

Among the hospitals on the "Most Wired" list,

· 64% provide online health coaching for obesity, smoking, and chronic conditions

· 49% allow patients to preregister for services, such as scheduling tests and appointments online

· 32% allow patients to check test results online

· 22% provide patients the opportunity to visit a physician virtually

· 99% provide digital radiology images in the hospital inpatient setting

· 92% have digital medical records

· 36% allow physicians to order medications electronically

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