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The maturity model optimizes scheduling, reduces wait times, lessens administrative burden and looks at patient health indicators, says Sara Meinke and Asad Tariq of Baptist Health.  

Twelve teams participated in the competition held by Cooper University Health Care – which has in its inner-city DNA an awareness of SDOH issues such as exposure to violence, access to healthy food and stable housing – to create care in communities, says Chief Innovation Officer Dr. Michael Kirchhoff.  

Julie Johnson, a nurse at the University of Chicago, was recruited to translate clinical ideas into data, which is then delivered back in a way that medical staff know how to approach analyzing it.

Within its own maturity models, HIMSS is developing what's needed for healthcare ecosystems to develop the data layer for access by apps and for integration in hospitals, says HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf, speaking at HIMSS25 Europe.  

MedTech Innovator is a global accelerator for medical device, digital health and diagnostic companies that evaluates and chooses startups for scalable growth, says CEO Paul Grand.  

The WiTT Group, which stands for "We're in This Together," offers an online registry to help cancer patients with the SDOH needs that delay treatment, says founder and cancer patient Rahul Mahadevan.

Providers are needed on the ground but viability challenges mean a third of the country is considered a maternity care desert, says Anu Sharma, founder and CEO of the tech-enabled Millie.  

Lila Sciences is building AI "science factories" that serve as verifiers for scientific knowledge, says Molly Gibson, president of future science at Lila Sciences.

Among the numerous ways to become a CMIO, three stand out: training; transitioning from a physician leader; changing from CMO to CMIO, says Dr Robert W. Warren, Epic Emeritus CMIO, whose career includes CMIO at MUSC Health.

In 2021, the large medical center in Israel established within Sheba another hospital to provide medical care to patients in their homes using telemedicine, says Dr. Galia Barkai, director general of Sheba Beyond.