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Examples of applied research projects responsive to this NOFO include but are not limited to those described below. Mixed methods research projects are encouraged where applicable.

• Research to demonstrate the clinician time saved through implementation of AI systems to reduce documentation or inbox burdens
• Research to determine if AI systems to reduce documentation or inbox burdens create new patient safety issues and, if so, how might they be mitigated or eliminated
• Research to determine how best to integrate AI systems that alleviate clinician burden into clinician workflows
• Research to determine how to safely implement and use an LLM- based system, which has been shown to expedite accurate responses to patient or clinician queries
• Research to determine how best to ensure the usability of AI systems that address patient safety challenges
• Research to develop an evaluation tool or approach to assess the safe implementation of AI systems
• Research to determine how best to integrate AI systems into clinician workflows to maximize their effect on enhancing patient safety and identifying and mitigating patient safety hazards.
• Research to determine how to enhance clinician-AI teaming to improve patient safety
• Research to determine how AI can be implemented to mitigate and not exacerbate inequities in care, particularly in the area of patient safety

All projects must:

• Describe the healthcare practice setting(s) for the research: outpatient, inpatient, emergency department, ambulatory surgery center, post-acute care settings, home, etc.;
• Describe the patient population(s) impacted by the research;
• Describe how the research considers the guidance released by the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in its Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework
• Describe how AI hazards, harms, benefits, and process improvements will be identified, harms prevented or mitigated, and processes implemented and/or improved;
• Evaluate and report (as applicable):
• Improvement in the safety and effectiveness of care and reduction in adverse events;
• Improvement in patient and/or clinician experience;
• Reduction in provider burden; and
• Unintended adverse clinician impact or patient safety events and mitigating actions taken.

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