OMB Individually Reported
Predict Patient Suicide
High riskExact public inventory row
Description
Prevention of Veteran suicide is VHA’s top clinical priority. We use AI to identify patients with key risk factors for death by suicide. It is a tool that can help point clinicians to potentially critical information that they might not otherwise have been aware of.
Detailed example
Identification of patients with suicide risk factors.
AI / analytics pattern
Natural Language Processing: AI that processes, interprets, and shares information in human language.
Automation level / stage
a) Pre-deployment – The use case is in a development or acquisition status.
Expected benefit
Improve ability to identify Veterans at high-risk for suicide and intervene to reduce the risk of suicide.
Controls / human review
ATO: Not reported; PIA: Not published