Detroit Medical Center Earns a Spot on 2010 InformationWeek 500 List of Top Technology Innovators Across America

DETROIT, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Detroit Medical Center (DMC), announced today that it was named to this year's InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation's most innovative users of business technology. The hospital system was recognized for its implementation of an electronic surgical scheduling tool that interfaces with its inventory and accounting systems resulting in cost savings, improved workflow and patient safety. 

"The DMC is a strong proponent of using technology to improve patient care and drive business results; working closely with our information technology partner, CareTech Solutions, we are able to do just that," said Mike LeRoy, CIO, Detroit Medical Center. "The benefits of integrating SurgiNet ® into the DMC's accounting and inventory systems have been numerous; what is most notable is the dramatic reduction in surgery inventory. The DMC achieved a 64 percent reduction in inventory supplies, and the implementation enabled the five rights for medication bar-code scanning in the operating rooms."

"For 22 years, the InformationWeek 500 has honored the most innovative users of business technology," said InformationWeek Editor In Chief Rob Preston. "As we start to emerge from the worst recession in decades, the IT focus is now on driving growth—new sources of revenue, new relationships with customers, even new business models. This year's ranking placed special emphasis on those companies and business technology executives leading that charge."

Additional details on the InformationWeek 500 can be found online at http://www.informationweek.com/iw500/.

About Detroit Medical Center (DMC)

The Detroit Medical Center (www.dmc.org) operates ten hospitals and institutes, including Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Receiving Hospital, Harper University Hospital, Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital, Hutzel Women's Hospital, DMC Cardiovascular Institute, Kresge Eye Institute, Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, Sinai-Grace Hospital, and DMC Surgery Hospital. The Detroit Medical Center is a leading regional healthcare system with a mission of excellence in clinical care, research and medical education.

The Detroit Medical Center is the Official Healthcare Services Provider of the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Pistons.

About InformationWeek Business Technology Network (http://www.informationweek.com/)

The InformationWeek Business Technology Network provides IT executives with unique analysis and tools that parallel their work flow – from defining and framing objectives through to the evaluation and recommendation of solutions. Anchored by InformationWeek, the multimedia powerhouse that looks across the enterprise, the network scales across the most critical technology categories with online properties like DarkReading.com (security), IntelligentEnterprise.com (application architecture), NetworkComputing.com (networking and communications) and PlugintotheCloud.com (cloud computing). The network also provides focused content for key IT audiences, such as CIOs, developers, SMBs and IT Support Managers via InformationWeek Global CIO, Dr. Dobb's, InformationWeek SMB, and HDI respectively, as well as vital vertical industries with InformationWeek Financial Services, Government and Healthcare sites. Content is at the nucleus of our information distribution strategy, and the network provides a deep and rich portfolio of decision-making tools and peer based research through InformationWeek Analytics, the leading service for peer-based IT research and analysis. IT professionals turn to our experts and communities to stay informed, get advice and research technologies to make strategic business decisions.  The InformationWeek Business Technology Network is part of UBM TechWeb.

SOURCE CareTech Solutions

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