UCSF Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation to Develop Real-Time AI Monitoring Platform for Clinical Care

UCSF Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation (DoC-IT) and UCSF Health are teaming up to develop a groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) monitoring platform for clinical care, thanks to a generous $5 million gift from Ken and Kathy Hao.

The Impact Monitoring Platform for AI in Clinical Care (IMPACC) aims to address the gap between the rapid advancement of AI technologies in healthcare and the crucial need for ongoing assessment of their effectiveness, safety, and equity. Led by Julia Adler-Milstein, Ph.D., and Sara Murray, M.D., M.A.S., the collaboration will revolutionize how AI performance is analyzed in healthcare.

IMPACC will shift from traditional manual monitoring to real-time, continuous, and automated monitoring across a broad range of measures. This platform will provide actionable insights into the performance of AI tools, ensuring their effectiveness, safety, and benefit for patients. It will also inform healthcare leaders on decisions regarding the scaling, refinement, or discontinuation of AI tools based on their impact on outcomes.

The platform will be piloted at UCSF Health on a set of current AI tools, in collaboration with the UCSF Health AI Oversight Committee. This initiative will not only improve patient care at UCSF but also advance the science of assessing AI tools in real-world settings.

The philanthropic gift from Ken and Kathy Hao is timely, as the healthcare industry increasingly integrates AI into clinical practice. Through IMPACC, UCSF is poised to lead the way in leveraging AI for better patient outcomes and advancing the field of healthcare technology.