VA · VA-25-1294 · record R2073

VA AI Assist

Department of Veterans Affairs · OIT: Office of Information & Technology

Overview

Development stage: In development or acquisitionSource: a) Pre-deployment – The use case is in a development or acquisition status.
High-impact designation: High-impactSource: a) High-impact
Impact justification: Not reported
Start date: Not reported
Withheld from public reporting: Not reported

Mission

Topic area: Health and Medical
Operational functions: Clinical and medical Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

Reviewing information about a patient prior to an upcoming encounter is an important way in which clinicians prepare for an effective visit. Clinicians are challenged to effectively complete this review prior to encounters, given time constraints and the manual effort required to navigate electronic health record systems to seek the information. This results in a lower effectiveness of the visit and increased clinician burnout.

Expected benefits

There is a significant opportunity for AI-powered search and summarization of clinical information to assist clinicians with efficiently and effectively reviewing a patient’s record prior to an encounter.

System outputs

Outputs include summaries of clinical data from VistA.

Technology

AI classification: Generative AISource: Generative AI: AI that generates new or synthetic content (e.g., images, videos, audio, text, code).
System name(s): Not reported
Custom-developed code: Not reported
Public source code: Not reported

Sourcing

How it was built: Not reported
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: Not reported
Privacy Impact Assessment: Not reported
Authorization to Operate: Not reported
Demographic features: Not reported
Training and evaluation data: Not reported
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