Department of Medicine Weekly Roundup - Sept 6 - How Epic go-live will impact artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics tools used at Unity Health
AI and analytics tools developed with the Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA) team that involve patient data will be taken offline on Nov. 30, 2024, for Epic go-live. This is to ensure that our AI and analytics tools continue to work as they should when their source data changes over to the Epic system.
Some applications will be replaced by Epic’s built-in solutions, such as the Operations Centre. Others will be rebuilt to work with the new system, including CHARTWatch, the ED Wait Times Dashboard and ED Queue. Please see linked here the list of affected tools.
AI and analytics tools that do not use patient data, such as the ED Nurse Assignment tool and the MRI Tech Scheduling tool, will continue to operate after Epic go-live.
Before we can safely and responsibly run our AI and analytics tools again, we need to do data testing and model re-evaluation using real data that flows from Epic system after-go-live. Re-evaluation and future state will vary for each unique application. We will do as much as we can to minimize downtimes, however much of the real data required for testing and re-evaluation will not be available until go-live.
The DSAA team has begun to reach out to clinical champions and will continue to work with them to determine a specific re-evaluation plan for each of the affected applications. This will include:
- Confirming if the AI and analytics tool will still be needed after Epic go-live
- Collaborating on plans for data testing and model re-evaluation with Epic data
- Discussing any contingencies needed to navigate the transition period
If you are a clinical champion for an AI or analytics tool on the list of affected tools and you have any questions, please reach out to your DSAA contact or [email protected].