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July 12, 2013

UCLA health system said among country's 'most wired'
Los Angeles (UPI) Jul 10, 2013
UCLA has announced its health system and its hospitals have been named among the nation's "most wired" in recognition of their use of information technology. The annual Health Care's Most Wired Survey, sponsored by Hospitals and Health Networks magazine, measures a hospital's level of adoption of information technology in their health-care delivery systems, a UCLA release said Wednesday. The university's award was based on a comprehensive assessment that examined its overall IT infrastru ... read more

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