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Mercy has earned high honors in Epic’s Honor Roll grant program for 2018 – a distinction shared by only 51 other organizations worldwide.
 
“Your achievement reflects your devotion to excellence and your commitment to distinguishing your organization as a leader in patient care,” wrote Ari Rajagopal, Epic’s enterprise technical coordinator. “I understand this has not been easy, and I applaud you for your perseverance. Congratulations to you and your entire team!”

Today’s health care industry generates an incredible amount of data, with hospitals’ electronic health record (EHR) systems often managing petabytes of patient information.

For health care organizations, big data can mean big improvements in patients’ health. As an early adopter of electronic health records (EHR), Mercy has spent the last decade pioneering ways to turn its extensive store of clinical data into insights that change people’s lives. That’s a big part of why the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has again recognized Mercy as one of health care’s Most Wired organizations for the 15th time.

To highlight outstanding efforts among the nation’s health care providers to intensify their network and data security, Becker’s Hospital Review recently announced its list of “32 Hospital and Health System CISO to Know in 2018.”