Center for Health Systems Innovation
Transforming Rural and Native American Health
Data-driven innovation. Real-world implementation. Healthier communities.
From Innovation to Implementation
For more than a decade, CHSI has operated at the intersection of data, technology and real-world care delivery, building and deploying solutions that improve outcomes for rural and Native American communities while generating insights that can scale nationally.
Innovate
Source, build and evaluate emerging healthcare technologies.
Pilot
Run structured pilots and proof-of-concept programs.
Implement
Support adoption, integration, and scaling.
Our Work
Predictive Health Analytics & AI
CHSI is a national leader in applying advanced analytics and AI to complex healthcare challenges.
Through our Predictive Medicine Group, we leverage large-scale, longitudinal real-world clinical datasets to:
- Predict disease onset and progression
- Identify high-risk patients earlier
- Enable proactive, personalized interventions
Our work spans chronic disease management, diagnostic innovation, utilization prediction and AI-enabled clinical decision support, designed specifically for underserved and rural settings, where data gaps and infrastructure constraints are real.
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Rural & Tribal Health Innovation
Rural and Native American communities are often treated as edge cases in healthcare innovation. At CHSI, they are our starting point.
Through long-standing partnerships with rural clinicians and hospitals, tribal health systems and state agencies, we:
- Pilot new care models in real-world rural environments
- Deploy technology that works with limited resources and workforce constraints
- Co-design solutions with communities, not for them
Our approach ensures innovations are culturally informed, operationally feasible and built for sustainability.
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Innovation in Action
CHSI initiatives are designed to move from concept to impact.
689 Hours
Estimated additional hospital capacity over nine months
Improving Care Through Data-Driven Solutions
CHSI partnered with OSU Medical Center in Tulsa to identify barriers in healthcare delivery. Through the Lean Health Care Internship, students and researchers used data to develop recommendations that improved hospital efficiency and patient flow.
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Better Healthcare, Together
Innovation doesn't scale without trusted pathways into the real world. CHSI's Network Channels are the connective infrastructure that allows ideas, technologies and insights to move rapidly from concept to deployment across rural communities, health care providers, businesses and policymakers.
Rural Oklahoma Network
ROK-Net
ROK-Net is CHSI's flagship rural innovation network, linking rural hospitals, clinics, tribal health systems and community partners across Oklahoma.
Through ROK-Net, CHSI pilots new care models and technologies in real-world rural settings, enables rapid testing and feedback loops with frontline providers and deploys solutions designed for rural healthcare challenges.
Cross-Sector Collaboration
Oklahoma Business Collective on Health
The Oklahoma Business Collective on Health brings together employers, health system leaders, innovators and policymakers around a shared goal: improving health outcomes while bending the cost curve.
The Collective serves as a neutral, action-oriented forum to identify priority health challenges, evaluate and pilot innovative solutions and align employers, providers and payers around measurable outcomes.
Impact at scale requires collaboration.
If you are a healthcare leader, policymaker, researcher, technologist, student or organization committed to improving rural and Native American health, we would welcome the conversation.