{"id":32609,"date":"2023-10-26T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=32609"},"modified":"2023-10-27T06:40:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T06:40:23","slug":"va-datax-how-data-is-impacting-clinical-care-for-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=32609","title":{"rendered":"VA DataX: How data is impacting clinical care for Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"

VHA\u2019s Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning<\/a> (OHIL) supports data and analytics projects that leverage vast amounts of clinical data to improve Veterans\u2019 health issues without compromising patient privacy and the process of delivering quality care. <\/p>\n

This summer, data experts, VA leaders and VA employees convened in Washington, D.C., at VA\u2019s National Artificial Intelligence (NAII)<\/a> International Summit of AI in Healthcare\u2019s DataX session track. The DataX session track showcased some of the data and analytics work being done in VA and highlighted how this work is impacting clinical care for Veterans.<\/p>\n

\u201cVA is a leader in terms of bringing data into the clinical world,\u201d said Dr. Rebecca Resnik, clinical psychologist and president of the Maryland Psychological Association. \u201cI am excited to see VA as a leader in this space.\u201d<\/p>\n

The gold standard of data<\/h2>\n

DataX gave attendees an opportunity to learn more about current and future states of data analytics within VA. The three-day session track convened VA and industry leaders; divided among six panel discussions, it illustrated how they can navigate barriers, improve data policy and enhance the information sharing process.<\/p>\n

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Common thread was building trust and making data accessible to Veterans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

One conversation involved the governance of AI to improve the structure of data processes. \u201cWe start with our priorities,\u201d said Duncan McElfresh, postdoctoral fellow in Health Services Research and Development with the VA Center for Innovation to Implementation. <\/strong>\u201cWe have to take those priorities and distill them down to frameworks. Then, you must operationalize them.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a panel on surveillance care pathway optimization, Evan Albert, director of Measurement and Data Analytics for the Veterans Experience Office<\/a>, discussed the importance of doing this work the right way. \u201cTrust has to be the gold standard. Trust has to be the bottom line metric that people are gravitating towards.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Amanda Lienau, director of Data Analytics Innovation for OHIL, facilitated a discussion on a promising data innovation pathway that allows for the development of algorithms and models without releasing protected health information. \u201cI am really excited about this method to open up data, making it much more accessible to more people. The next step is: Can we unlock wearables data? Can we unlock social media data? What kind of data can we unlock and pair with Veterans\u2019 health care data?\u201d<\/p>\n

Optimizing Veteran health care\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\n

The DataX session track also provided an opportunity for attendees to learn about and collaborate on new data and analytics innovations for Veterans. One technology that was piloted captures the conversation during a medical appointment and then uses AI to create medical notes for the health record and for patient use. This utility could significantly reduce administrative burden for providers. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Another analytics innovation aims to optimize care for Veterans with pulmonary fibrosis by reducing delays that prevent a timely diagnosis. The data solution will identify patients in a timely manner, triage care based on the highest risk of adverse outcomes and connect patients to specialists in their area.<\/p>\n

Data innovation in VA<\/h2>\n

A common thread among all the panels was building trust and making data accessible to Veterans.<\/p>\n

\u201cQuality and trust are quite interlinked. Patients trust providers that they feel care about them,\u201d said Dr. Bhavika Kaul, investigator, VA Center for Innovation in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety. \u201cThe more patients see we are building infrastructure, they will be more open to receiving care at their VA facility.\u201d<\/p>\n

Want to learn more about innovation at VA? Visit our website<\/a>, scan Diffusion Marketplace<\/a>, subscribe to our weekly newsletter<\/a>, and explore VA Pathfinder<\/a> to learn more about our opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VHA\u2019s Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning (OHIL) supports data and analytics projects that leverage vast amounts of clinical data to improve Veterans\u2019 health issues without compromising patient privacy and the process of delivering quality care. This summer, data experts, VA leaders and VA employees convened in Washington, D.C., at VA\u2019s National Artificial Intelligence (NAII) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":32611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-datax","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32609"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32612,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32609\/revisions\/32612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}