VHA’s National AI Institute (NAII) aims to improve the health and well-being of our Veterans and empower our workforce by harnessing the potential of AI and emerging technologies to deliver safe, effective, and trustworthy solutions.
NAII – sitting within the Veteran Health Administration’s (VHA) new Digital Health Office (DHO) – is focused on operationalizing AI technologies that improve Veteran health outcomes and alleviate workload burden. NAII is also coordinating VHA-wide compliance with evolving federal regulatory oversight of trustworthy AI.
VA is committed to creating and implementing AI solutions for the health and well-being of our nation’s Veterans that are transparent, mitigate bias, and adhere to the highest level of oversight.
In 2021, NAII led the development of the VA Artificial Intelligence Strategy, coordinating the collaboration of more than 20 VA offices. Consequently, VA was one of the first five federal agencies to develop an official AI strategy.
As AI demand and capability grows, NAII is continuing to build partnerships across government, industry, and the research community to scale AI product delivery across VHA.
Through its ongoing tech sprint program, NAII is piloting the first AI tools that reduce healthcare provider burnout by automating administrative tasks.
“Improving the health and well-being of our Veterans and empowering our workforce by harnessing the potential of AI and emerging technologies to deliver safe, effective, and trustworthy solutions.”
