Fitzgibbon Hospital

Fitzgibbon Hospital is one of only a dozen Missouri hospitals recently recognized as HealthCare's "Most Wired" Hospitals for 2016. The recognition was announced in July 2016 Chicago at the American Hospital Association's Health Forum. Fitzgibbon Hospital staff have implemented more than 100 projects over the course of four years to earn the designation. These projects have included migration from paper to an electronic health record, implementation of a patient portal which patients can access online, upgrades to software and services, network security, bedside medication reconciliation, compliance with patient privacy standards and installation of a hospital-wide wireless network for patients and visitors. Fitzgibbon Hospital is one of only 12 hospitals in the state to earn the "Most Wired" recognition. Other hospitals included the University of Missouri Healthcare system in Columbia, Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, Mosaic Life Care in Saint Joseph and CoxHealth in Springfield.