VA · VA-24-1442 · record R2091

Roche Digital Pathology

Department of Veterans Affairs · VHA: Veterans Health Administration

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: Image and video analysis, Clinical and medical Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

Decrease manual effort in analyzing and identifying tumors on slides. AI technology will inform the pathologists how much of the neoplastic cells are staining with such-such stain and give the percentage of tumor involvement - this is quite helpful in analyzing the involvement of prostate carcinoma in each of the prostate core. The pathologist will not perform much of the “manual labor” and be more efficient.

Expected benefits

Reduce and prevent errors, enhance turnaround times, increase cost savings, and enhance patient care.

System outputs

Slide image analysis - AI technology will inform the pathologists how much of the neoplastic cells are staining with such-such stain and gives the percentage of tumor involvement

Technology

AI classification: Computer visionSource: Computer Vision: AI that processes and interprets visual data (e.g., images and videos).
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