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MeriTalk: VA still looking for practical AI implementations

“The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) doesn’t have any current plans to utilize artificial intelligence in its operations, but mostly because it hasn’t yet found a practical use for the technology.”

“While the VA is currently working to upgrade its electronic health records systems for myriad reasons –  including maintenance, modernization, and supply chain transformation – Dr. Paul Tibbits, Executive Director of the agency’s Office of Technical Integration, said today that AI is not yet ready as a tool for arriving at decisions that matter.”

“However, Dr. Tibbits said that robotic process automation (RPA) technology is… Read the full article here.

Source: VA Still Looking for Practical AI Implementations – April 25, 2019, MeriTalk.

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Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert is a Content Analyst for FedHealthIT and Author of 'Anything but COVID-19' on the Daily Take Newsletter for G2Xchange Health and FedCiv.

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