IDG’s Computerworld Names Nemours to Annual List of Best Places to Work in Information Technology
Nemours Enterprise
Monday, June 19, 2006 @ 12:00 AM EDT
Nemours, one of the nation’s largest children’s health systems, announced today that IDG’s Computerworld, the “Voice of IT Management,” has selected it as one of the top workplaces for information technology (IT) professionals. Nemours ranked 44th overall on the list. This honor is part of the weekly IT publication’s 13th annual Best Places to Work in IT survey, which was published in the June 19th issue of Computerworld and online at Computerworld.com.
Since 1994, Computerworld’s annual “Best Places to Work in IT” feature has ranked the top 100 work environments for technology professionals, based on a comprehensive questionnaire regarding company offerings in categories such as benefits, diversity, career development, training and retention. In addition, this year Computerworld surveyed more than 27,000 IT workers for the list, and their responses factored heavily in determining the rankings.
“At Nemours, our IT team enhances the ability of all our Associates to carry out our mission - providing services to restore and improve the health of children. Our IT professionals play a vital role in making each experience with Nemours uniquely satisfying for the patients and families in our care," said David J. Bailey, MD, MBA, President and CEO of Nemours. “We are grateful for being named to Computerworld’s list for the second year in a row and applaud our IT Associates for this honor that they have clearly earned.”
Nemours has one of the most advanced electronic environments in the country devoted to pediatric health care. This includes a fully deployed ambulatory electronic medical record (EMR), integrating an unprecedented 20 pediatric specialties, hundreds of physicians and nurses, and thousands of employees across four states.
Nemours’ robust clinical care system for in-patient and outpatient care includes physician order entry, automated pharmacy dispensing, bar code medication administration checking, and computer-generated alerts and reminders. Its innovation in telemedicine technology expands access to cost effective health care into homes of chronically ill patients. Clinical researchers, physicians and administrators rely on an extensive data warehouse to develop and refine the most effective protocols to treat children. For community-based physicians who refer patients to Nemours’ specialists, the launching of a secure Web-based portal will provide immediate access to their patient’s EMR. Nemours also proudly owns two top award-winning Web sites:www.KidsHealth.org and www.Nemours.org
The customized array of health options is a big plus in the work environment of Nemours. Innovative benefits include an original medical and preventive care program, "Bridge to a Healthy Future," featuring an absence of premiums, deductibles or coinsurance for covered in-network services for eligible children of full-time employees.
“This year’s Best Places to Work rankings represent companies across the industry that recognize how a strong commitment to and investment in employees is synonymous with creating a great IT work environment,” said Don Tennant, editor in chief of Computerworld. “Once again, we found that IT professionals are looking for rewarding and challenging projects, access to leading-edge technologies, career growth and development and a comfortable work/life balance. Our Best Places companies not only offer these benefits, but do so in a manner that goes well above industry norms.”
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About Nemours
Nemours, one of the nation’s largest pediatric health systems, is dedicated to achieving higher standards in children’s health. Nemours offers an integrated spectrum of clinical treatment coupled with research, advocacy, and educational health and prevention services extending to all families in the communities it serves. Starting with Alfred I. duPont’s bequest over seventy years ago, Nemours has grown into a multi-dimensional organization offering personalized clinical and preventive care focused on children.
Nemours owns and operates the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware and major children’s specialty clinics in Delaware (Wilmington), Florida (Jacksonville, Orlando and Pensacola), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr) and New Jersey (Atlantic City and Voorhees). Having recently received preliminary approval from the State of Florida, Nemours will establish a new full-service children’s hospital as part of an integrated pediatric health campus in Orlando. KidsHealth.org, the world’s most visited pediatric health care Web site for parents, kids and teens, is a project of Nemours.
Nemours employs over 4,400 individuals, including 430 pediatric physicians, specialists and surgeons who cared for approximately a quarter of a million children in 2007. The organization’s goal is to align with parents, physicians, community leaders, children’s advocates and elected officials to ensure optimal wellness for every child. Additional information about Nemours can be found at www.nemours.org.
