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About Chromie Health Chromie Health is an AI-powered workforce platform built to help hospitals solve one of their most persistent and costly operational challenges: last-minute nurse call-outs. Across healthcare systems, when a nurse calls out, the burden of finding coverage typically falls on charge nurses and staffing teams. This process is often manual, time-consuming, and inconsistent—relying on texts, phone calls, spreadsheets, and, in many cases, expensive agency staffing. The result is increased stress on clinical leaders, higher labor costs, and potential impacts on patient care. Chromie Health addresses this problem directly. The platform is designed to operate in real time, focusing specifically on what happens after the schedule breaks. When a shift opens due to a call-out, Chromie’s AI automatically identifies qualified nurses from the hospital’s existing workforce and initiates outreach to fill the shift. Instead of spending hours coordinating coverage, nurse leaders can rely on Chromie to manage the process quickly and efficiently. By activating internal staff first, hospitals are able to reduce reliance on external agencies, lower overtime costs, and improve overall staffing stability. At the same time, nurses gain greater visibility into available shifts and more flexibility in picking up additional work that fits their preferences and availability. Chromie Health is not a replacement for existing scheduling systems—it is designed to complement them. While traditional workforce management tools focus on planning schedules in advance, Chromie focuses on real-time execution when unexpected gaps occur. This distinction allows hospitals to strengthen their existing workflows without requiring major system changes. The platform has been deployed across nursing teams globally and continues to expand as healthcare organizations seek more efficient and scalable approaches to workforce management. Early adopters have reported meaningful reductions in time spent coordinating coverage, as well as improved fill rates for last-minute shifts. Chromie Health was founded by Douglas Ford and Scott Tisoskey, who met while studying at Harvard Medical School. The company’s mission is rooted in firsthand experience with the challenges facing healthcare systems today, particularly the strain caused by staffing shortages and operational inefficiencies. Dr. Patricia A. Ford, Chief Medical Officer of Chromie Health and a clinical professor of medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, brings decades of clinical leadership and expertise to the organization. As a former charge nurse and practicing hematologist/oncologist at Penn Medicine, she provides a critical bridge between frontline clinical realities and technological innovation. At its core, Chromie Health is focused on a simple goal: helping hospitals ensure the right number of nurses are in the right place at the right time—without the chaos that typically comes with last-minute staffing gaps.