HHS · no agency ID · record R0641
DHP Virtual Assistant
Department of Health and Human Services · HHS/CDC
Overview
- Development stage
- PilotSource: b) Pilot – The use case has been deployed in a limited test or pilot capacity.
- High-impact designation
- Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact
- Impact justification
- Not reported
- Start date
- 2024-11 (month precision)Source: Nov-24
- Withheld from public reporting
- NoSource: a) No
Mission
- Topic area
- Health and Medical
- Operational functions
- Chatbot or virtual assistant, Search and knowledge retrieval Derived by keyword rules; see methodology
Problem the AI is intended to solve
To assist HIV researchers by retrieving relevant information related to HIV and HIV research, improving productivity and efficiency in literature review.
Expected benefits
Expected to increase productivity among HIV researchers by streamlining information retrieval for HIV research.
System outputs
The AI assistant uses retrieval augmented generation (RAG) to return information related to HIV based on a user's query and other documents.
Technology
- AI classification
- Natural language processingSource: Natural Language Processing: AI that processes, interprets, and shares information in human language.
- System name(s)
- EDAV (Enterprise Data Analytics and Visualization Platform)
- Custom-developed code
- Yes
- Public source code
- Not reported
Sourcing
- How it was built
- Developed in-houseSource: b) Developed in-house
- Vendor (as reported)
- Not reported
- Vendors (standardized)
- None on the standard list
A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.
Data and privacy
- Involves PII
- No
- Privacy Impact Assessment
- Not reported
- Authorization to Operate
- Yes
- Demographic features
- k) None of the above
- Training and evaluation data
- Internal documentation containing mapped eHARS LOINC codes, IQVIA data dictionaries, APRs
- Federal Data Catalog
- Not reported
Governance
0 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.
Pre-deployment testingNo answer reported
AI impact assessmentNo answer reported
Independent reviewNo answer reported
Ongoing monitoringNo answer reported
Operator trainingNo answer reported
Fail-safeNo answer reported
Appeal processNo answer reported
User and public consultationNo answer reported
Potential impacts and how they were identified
Not reported