Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey earns a place in 2014 InformationWeek Elite 100
Newark, NJ (PRWEB) April 04, 2014 -- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey today announced that the company earned a coveted spot on this year’s InformationWeek Elite 100 – a list of the nation’s top business technology innovators. Horizon BCBSNJ is ranked 73 in the revamped InformationWeek listing and is the only major health insurance company in the rankings.
The 2014 ranking, released at an InformationWeek awards ceremony in Las Vegas this week, marks the first time that Horizon BCBSNJ has earned a place among the top 100 companies nationally in technology innovation. For the past 15 years, Horizon BCBSNJ has earned a place on InformationWeek’s Masters of Technology 500 list, and was named among the Top 250 Innovators the last two years.
“Horizon is focused on using technology in innovative ways to improve the health care experience for our members, so we are honored to be included among the top technology innovators in The InformationWeek Elite 100, which is one of the business technology industry’s top awards,” said Douglas Blackwell, Senior Vice President and CIO of Horizon BCBSNJ.
In submitting its application for InformationWeek’s annual ranking, Horizon BCBSNJ highlighted the IT tools and new technologies it developed and deployed to strategically position the company to effectively serve its members upon the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
“The digital business movement is a force CIOs can't ignore. Just as Amazon.com transformed the retail industry, Netflix changed the face of movie distribution, and Orbitz and others reinvented travel planning, new digital companies, technologies, and business models will shake up a range of other industries, from healthcare to manufacturing to higher education. The 2014 InformationWeek Elite 100 highlights companies that are leading this digital business revolution, redefining business models and reshaping industries,” said InformationWeek Editor In Chief Rob Preston.
This is InformationWeek’s 26th year identifying and honoring the nation's most innovative users of information technology. For 2014, the magazine’s assessment was narrowed to the InformationWeek Elite 100 to spotlight the power of business technology innovation among some of the best-known organizations in the country. Additional details on the InformationWeek Elite 100 can be found online at http://www.informationweek.com/elite100.
About Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, the state’s oldest and largest health insurer, is a tax-paying, not-for-profit health services corporation, providing a wide array of medical, dental, and prescription insurance products and services. Horizon BCBSNJ is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, serving 3.7 million members with headquarters in Newark and offices in Wall, Mt. Laurel, and West Trenton. Learn more at http://www.HorizonBlue.com.
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Thomas Vincz, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, http://www.horizonblue.com, 973-466-6625, [email protected]
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