Nicklaus Children’s Health System Recognized by CIO as a CIO 100 Award Winner

Published on: 05/01/2018
MIAMI – IDG’s CIO has named Nicklaus Children’s Health System a 2018 CIO 100 winner. The 31st annual award program recognizes organizations around the world that exemplify the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology (IT).
 
“We are honored to be recognized for our commitment to increase access to healthcare through the use of advanced technology.  This award is truly a reflection of our staff’s talent and dedication to the patients and families in our care,” said Edward Martinez, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer.
 

"Every year, we are honored to showcase the technology innovation and business value delivered by our CIO 100 award winners. Each of these companies has achieved notable success in accelerating businesses to the front lines of the digital revolution," said Maryfran Johnson, Executive Director of CIO Programs for CIO Events and the CIO Executive Council. "This year's winners are inspiring examples of how IT leadership, business partnerships and customer engagement can reshape the future."

 
Nicklaus Children’s Health System has been at the forefront of utilizing innovative technology to enhance patient care. Mobile applications, interactive robotic devices, mobile medical carts, and medical kiosks are among the technologies that support the hospital and its growing network of outpatient centers. NCHS Anywhere, the health system’s telehealth program, serves patients anywhere around the world through virtual platforms.  HIMSS Analytics named Nicklaus Children’s a HIMSS Level 7 facility in 2016, the highest level a hospital or institution can achieve in the transition to a completely integrated electronic health record model. The health system is also routinely recognized in IDGs Computerworld as one of the 100 Best Places to Work in IT and by the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Health Forum as a Healthcare’s Most Wired facility.
 
CIO 100 award winners will be recognized at The CIO 100 Symposium & Awards Ceremony on August 15 in Los Angeles.
 
About the CIO 100
Recipients of this year's CIO 100 Award were selected through a three-step process. First, companies filled out an online application form detailing their innovative IT and business initiatives. Next, a team of external judges (many of them former CIOs) reviewed the applications in depth, looking for leading-edge IT practices and measurable results. Finally, CIO editors reviewed the judges' evaluations and selected the final 100.

 
About CIO
CIO from IDG is the premier content and community resource for information technology executives and leaders thriving and prospering in this fast-paced era of IT transformation in the enterprise.  The award-winning CIO portfolio--CIO.com, CIO executive programs, CIO Strategic Marketing Services, CIO Forum on LinkedIn, CIO Executive Council and CIO primary research—provides business technology leaders with analysis and insight on information technology trends and a keen understanding of IT’s role in achieving business goals. Additionally, CIO provides opportunities for IT solution providers to reach this executive IT audience.  The CIO Executive Council is a professional organization of CIOs created to serve as an unbiased and trusted peer advisory group. CIO is published by IDG Enterprise, a subsidiary of IDG. Company information is available at http://www.idgenterprise.com/.
About Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Where Your Child Matters Most ™ (2025)

Nicklaus Children's Hospital is South Florida's #1 nonprofit, freestanding specialty licensed hospital exclusively for children. With more than 850 physicians, including over 500 pediatric subspecialists, the hospital and its network of outpatient centers and offices serve close to 70 percent of children in the Miami market. The only "where your child matters most™,” Nicklaus Children's is home to the region's most advanced Kenneth C. Griffin Surgical Tower, and its centers of excellence Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute, the Nicklaus Children’s Orthopedics, Sports Health and Spine Institute, Nicklaus Children’s Brain Institute and Nicklaus Children’s Heart Institute. The Nicklaus Children's Hospital's Transfer Center, Nick4Kids, and LifeFlight are responsible for transporting and saving close to 5,000 lives a year. Our 325-bed hospital, which is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine, has many specialty programs routinely ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. Nicklaus Children's is also home to the largest pediatric teaching program in the southeastern United States and since 2003 has been designated an American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet facility, the nursing profession's most prestigious institutional honor. For more information, please visit www.nicklauschildrens.org.

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