“All my physician and APP informaticists are getting smarter on AI with the new functionalities we are putting in, but no one is specializing in AI,” he said. Others, like Nadeem Ahmed, MD, CMIO at The Valley Health System in Paramus, NJ, are redefining the job itself. Bonnie Boles, MD, RN, CMIO at Tanner Health in Carrollton, Ga., said most community hospitals lack the resources of academic centers. “In many ways, our physician builders already bridge that gap between algorithms and the front lines,” said Parkview Health CMIO Mark Mabus, MD. He envisions physician and nurse informaticists, and soon provider-analysts, who can help meet the demands of value-based care.