[{"innerBlocks":[],"name":"core\/freeform","postId":222,"blockType":{"name":"core\/freeform","keywords":[],"attributes":{"content":{"type":"string","source":"raw"},"lock":{"type":"object"}},"providesContext":[],"usesContext":[],"selectors":[],"supports":{"className":false,"customClassName":false,"reusable":false},"styles":[],"variations":[],"apiVersion":3,"title":"Classic","description":"Use the classic WordPress editor.","category":"text"},"originalContent":"The Department of Veterans Affairs, the nation\u2019s largest integrated healthcare system, is centralizing the agency\u2019s efforts to advance its artificial intelligence research and development capabilities.The VA on Thursday announced the establishment of the National Artificial Intelligence Institute, a joint initiative by the Office of Research and Development and the Office of the Secretary's Center for Strategic Partnerships.

\u201cVA has a unique opportunity to be a leader in artificial intelligence,\u201d said VA Secretary Robert Wilkie in a written statement. \u201cVA\u2019s artificial intelligence institute will usher in new capabilities and opportunities that will improve health outcomes for our nation\u2019s heroes.\u201dThe National Artificial Intelligence Institute will solicit, develop and execute flagship AI research and development projects\u2014with veteran input\u2014focusing on deep learning, explainable AI, privacy-preserving AI as well as AI for multi-scale time series.Among the resources the NAII will tap is the VA\u2019s Million Veteran Program, the world\u2019s largest genomic knowledge base linked to healthcare information. The Million Veteran Program is designed to link genetic, clinical, lifestyle and military-exposure information to better understand their impact on the health\u2014and illness\u2014of veterans.\u201cEven while the NAII helps VA build toward AI advances, VA researchers have already been tackling projects that use the technology,\u201d according to the agency. \u201cOne of the first tasks the NAII took on was surveying the existing use of AI by VA researchers. For VA studies already underway in a few AI specialty areas, the NAII will examine options for helping them achieve their research goals, find new resources and forge collaborations.\u201dGil Alterovitz, who\u2019s on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and specializes in biomedical informatics, has been appointed director of the NAII.

According to the VA, Alterovitz has \u201cled national and international collaborative initiatives for developing novel informatics methods and approaches for integrating clinical, pharmaceutical and genomic information, from research to point-of-care.\u201dOne of the high-profile initiatives Alterovitz has headed is the ONC-funded Sync for Genes program, an effort to help bring clinical genomics to the point-of-care by leveraging HL7\u2019s Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources for accelerating standardization of sharing patients\u2019 genomic data among health IT systems so it can be easily integrated with other clinical information.","saveContent":"The Department of Veterans Affairs, the nation\u2019s largest integrated healthcare system, is centralizing the agency\u2019s efforts to advance its artificial intelligence research and development capabilities.The VA on Thursday announced the establishment of the National Artificial Intelligence Institute, a joint initiative by the Office of Research and Development and the Office of the Secretary's Center for Strategic Partnerships.

According to the VA, Alterovitz has \u201cled national and international collaborative initiatives for developing novel informatics methods and approaches for integrating clinical, pharmaceutical and genomic information, from research to point-of-care.\u201dOne of the high-profile initiatives Alterovitz has headed is the ONC-funded Sync for Genes program, an effort to help bring clinical genomics to the point-of-care by leveraging HL7\u2019s Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources for accelerating standardization of sharing patients\u2019 genomic data among health IT systems so it can be easily integrated with other clinical information.","order":0,"get_parent":{},"attributes":[],"attributesType":{"content":{"type":"string","source":"raw"},"lock":{"type":"object"}},"dynamicContent":""}]

VA creates National Artificial Intelligence Institute to advance R&D

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