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71 CIO / HEALTH IT Intermountain expanding use of AI for patient engagement in new kidney services department By Andrea Park S alt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare's new Kidney Services Clinic will use artificial intelligence to develop customized engagement plans for all chronic kidney disease patients, AI software provider SymphonyRM announced. The new program and clinic, which celebrated their grand opening Sept. 5, will implement SymphonyRM's HealthOS platform. The platform applies machine learn- ing and advanced analytics to patient data to provide insights that help clinicians better engage patients and improve outreach. According to Suji Lee, MD, medical director of the pro- gram, the platform will help to "increase participation, track and treat comorbid conditions which can decrease the severity of CKD and empower patients to take a more active role in their own healthcare to improve out- comes while lowering costs." In addition to the SymphonyRM platform, which is al- ready in use in other Intermountain facilities, the Kidney Services Clinic will also team up with another existing Intermountain partner, MDClone, to develop a predic- tive model to monitor chronic kidney disease status. n CHI Franciscan launches AI- powered mission control hub for care coordination By Andrea Park C HI Franciscan Health, in partnership with GE Health- care, opened its Mission Control Center, which uses predictive analytics to coordinate patient care across eight of the Tacoma, Wash.-based health system's hospitals, Kitsap Daily News reported. The hub of Mission Control is located at the Franciscan Med- ical Clinic in Gig Harbor, Wash. It reportedly includes a wall of 18 screens, with 12 analytic tiles displaying real-time data from all eight hospitals. Each tile will focus on a specific issue, using artificial intelligence to process the data and make sug- gestions to improve patient safety and care delivery, balance staff workloads and accelerate the discharge process. "Not only is it going to help us with our quality and safety, it's also going to fundamentally increase the access to all of our sites, so that when patients need to get into our hospitals or facilities, we have the capacity and capability to bring them in to meet or exceed their expectations," Mary Ragsdale, MSN, RN, board chair of Mission Control, told the Daily News. "We think it will improve the experience and reduce the wait." CHI Franciscan initially announced the partnership with GE Healthcare in October 2018. It is the first health system in Washington and only the fifth in North America to join GE's Command Center Ecosystem. n Texas Children's, Houston Methodist & more to partner with woman-led digital health startups By Andrea Park I gnite Healthcare Network, a Hous- ton-based nonprofit organization dedi- cated to advancing the roles of women in healthcare, announced Aug. 6 the latest co- hort of 13 startups for its accelerator program. Each of the chosen woman-led startups will be partnered with a Houston-based health- care organization, spanning providers, pay- ers, consulting firms and more established companies. ese organizations will serve as mentors to the early-stage companies throughout the 10-week program as they pre- pare a business pitch. e startups will present their pitches at the third annual Fire Pitch Competition at the Houston-based Texas Medical Center Inno- vation Institute in October, where winners could receive a spot in the center's own acceler- ator program, further mentorship and profes- sional services, and cash prizes from TMC, the Texas Halo Fund and other investment groups. Here are the 13 chosen startups and their as- signed partner organizations: • Augment erapy (Cleveland): Texas Chil- dren's Pediatrics • BabyNoggin (San Francisco): DePelchin Children's Center • Healthiby (Houston): Next Level Urgent Care • iTreatMD (San Francisco): Memorial Her- mann Health System • Materna Medical (Mountain View, Calif.): Texas Children's Hospital • MotiSpark (Los Angeles): University of Houston • Oncora Medical (Philadelphia): Humana • Path Ex (Houston): Houston Methodist Hospital • PyrAmes (Cupertino, Calif.): Texas Chil- dren's Hospital • Ria Health (San Francisco): e Men- ninger Clinic • Savonix (San Francisco): Humana • Spoke Health (Denver): Gallagher Healthcare • UpHold Health (Chicago): VillageMD n