Ephesoft Fax Automation
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
- Clinical and medical Derived by keyword rules; see methodology
Problem the AI is intended to solve
Ensure timely healthcare by increasing speed of processing incoming faxes so Request For Services (RFS) and medical records can be clinically reviewed and uploaded to patient electronic health records.
Expected benefits
Estimated cost savings of $2 million while enhancing the timeliness of care, standardizing processes and reducing human error.
System outputs
Sorts incoming faxes for humans to review, which will then be uploaded to patient electronic health records.
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.
Potential impacts and how they were identified
Not reported