Dale Smith, Chair Kari Wolf, MD, Vice Chair Sheref Unal, MD Beau Batton, MD Jerry Kruse, MD, Dean, CEO John Flack, MD, MPH Jan Rakinic, MD Aziz Khan, MD Ricardo Loret de Mola, MD Sarah Phalen John Simmons Lucy Stafford

A collaboration of Springfield health care organizations took home top honors at an international meeting for health care leaders held Oct. 6-8 in Chicago. A panel of experts at the International Hospital Federation’s (IHF) 39th World Hospital Congress presented representatives from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and Memorial Health System with first prize for the best presentation. The study, “Improving the Success of Strategic Management Using Big Data*”, explored how big data can be used to personalize health care. The School of Medicine and Memorial teamed up through the