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Top Story The Areas That Intermountain Health's CIO Wants To Address With Technology (And the One He Doesn't) In an interview at the ViVE conference in Nashville, Tennessee, Craig Richardville, Intermountain's chief digital and information officer, outlined the three areas of priority for Intermountain Health for which technology can be leveraged. But when it comes to a major headache for CIOs, Richardville seems to suggest that a government-led all-hands-on-deck approach is what is needed.

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