Care Assessment Needs (CAN) Score

Overview

Development stage

DeployedSource: c) Deployed – The use case is being actively authorized or utilized to support the functions or mission of an agency.

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

Identify patients at potential risk for 90 day hospitalization and 90 day mortality: CAN 3.0 is a pair of logistic regression models that risk stratify Veterans by their likelihood of 90-day mortality and 90-day hospitalization

Expected benefits

Help providers care for patients - the outputs of the AI systems is an additional resource for care providers

System outputs

Risk of 90-day hospitalization or 90-day death

Technology

AI classification

Classical / predictive MLSource: Classical/Predictive Machine Learning: Models trained on data to make predictions or classifications based on identified patterns or relatio…

System name(s)

Not reported

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

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