Standard Presentation

Revolutionizing Postpartum Discharge: Virtual Nursing’s One-to-Many Approach

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 06:53:44 +0000

Revolutionizing Postpartum Discharge: Virtual Nursing’s One-to-Many Approach Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 03/27/2025 - 23:53 This innovative care model leverages virtual nursing to support the efficient discharge of moms and babies from postpartum care unit. By enabling one nurse to manage and assist multiple families simultaneously, the model streamlines the teaching process, expedites discharges, and ensures a safe forum for patients to ask questions and share concerns. This communal approach not only provides individualized care but also fosters a sense of shared experience, reassuring new mothers that they are not alone on their journey. The virtual nursing model has undergone continuous iterations, incorporating feedback to enhance its effectiveness. Future updates will include support for additional languages, ensuring inclusivity and accessibility for diverse patient populations. The model is also expanding, with more nurses being trained to take on the virtual nursing role, further increasing its reach and impact.

Amy Kuwata

Clinical Nurse Informaticist at UC San Francisco

Amy Kuwata is a Clinical Nurse Informaticist at UCSF Health, integral to the Nursing Informatics team. With Master’s degrees in Nursing and Geology, she combines scientific and technological expertise in her role. Amy has 20 years of experience as a registered nurse and clinical nurse specialist, board certified in nursing informatics for nine years, and has been active in this field since 2007. Her journey began with a strong foundation in science and technology from her career as a geologist. Driven by a passion for midwifery, she returned to academia to pursue nursing, though life steered her toward healthcare technology. Amy’s clinical experience started in obstetrics as a labor and delivery nurse. Initially, she focused solely on nursing, keeping her tech skills hidden. Her desire to help colleagues with computer malfunctions, EHR documentation, and data issues soon surfaced. Now, as a Clinical Nurse Informaticist at UCSF, Amy analyzes nursing workflows, implements technology, and educates staff to enhance patient care. She aims to reduce workflow burdens, increase nurse satisfaction, and improve patient experiences.

Session Format

Standard Presentation

Session Skill Level

Advanced

Session Status

Accepted

Session Track

Health Sciences

Session Track Reasoning

This topic is excellent for the healthcare track at UC Tech because it demonstrates innovative solutions for providing postpartum discharge care through virtual nursing. The one-to-many scenario optimizes nurse efficiency, allowing a single nurse to support multiple moms and babies simultaneously, ensuring timely and effective discharges. Virtual nursing leverages technology to provide personalized care, enhance patient outcomes, and streamline processes, reducing the strain on healthcare resources. Attendees will gain insights into leveraging tech for scalable, efficient, and high-quality patient education. The integration of virtual nursing showcases how technology can revolutionize traditional care models, making it a pertinent and impactful discussion.

June 26, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - June 26, 2025 @ 4:45 pm

MR 7

Rapid Innovation: A Comprehensive Digital Rounding Solution to Reinvigorate the Patient Experience

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 06:40:35 +0000

Rapid Innovation: A Comprehensive Digital Rounding Solution to Reinvigorate the Patient Experience Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 03/27/2025 - 23:40 In response to a directive, the Nursing Informatics and Salesforce engineering team developed a robust Digital Rounding Utility (DRU) to replace the existing patient experience tool. The project aimed to create a more efficient and integrated system to enhance patient care and streamline operations. Remarkably, within 60 days, we designed, built, and launched the initial version of DRU, featuring basic functionality, manual processes, and minimal reporting capabilities. Since its inception, DRU has evolved through several iterations into a comprehensive platform that integrates seamlessly with multiple hospital systems. Key integrations include the electronic health records (EHR) system, a survey tool, a customer relationship management (CRM) system, and a ticketing maintenance and facilities tool. Ongoing iterations are incorporating AI and an improved user interface to better support frontline staff.

Amy Kuwata

Clinical Nurse Informaticist at UC San Francisco

Session Files

dru_preview_akkuwata.pdf (401.35 KB)

Session Format

Standard Presentation

Session Skill Level

Advanced

Session Status

Accepted

Session Track

Innovation and Emerging Technologies

Session Track Reasoning

Although developed at UCSF Health, this topic is especially relevant for the Innovation and Emerging Technologies track at UC Tech. Innovation isn’t just about new ideas; it’s about simplifying complexity through effective design and integration. Our Digital Rounding Utility (DRU) exemplifies this by providing a streamlined user experience despite its intricate integrations with EHR, CRM, and maintenance tools. Additionally, we created a custom mascot, affectionately called DRU, to help promote the tool and engage users. Attendees will gain insights into agile development methodologies and the significance of iterative improvements for creating effective healthcare solutions. This project underscores the vital role of system integration in enhancing patient care and operational efficiency in healthcare environments.

June 26, 2025 @ 10:45 am - June 26, 2025 @ 11:30 am

RC B

Empowering Faculty in the AI Era: Real Stories, Practical Tools, and How AI Can Transform Learning Ethically

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 06:06:01 +0000

Empowering Faculty in the AI Era: Real Stories, Practical Tools, and How AI Can Transform Learning Ethically Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 03/27/2025 - 23:06 As generative AI rapidly reshapes higher education, faculty are looking for real, ethical, and practical ways to adapt. This session offers a firsthand look at how interdisciplinary courses at UCLA have successfully integrated AI—from biomedical sciences to humanities—while preserving academic integrity and improving student engagement. Attendees will explore proven strategies, tools, and frameworks used to empower faculty, redesign assignments, and support students in becoming critical users of AI. Whether you’re new to AI or leading the charge, this session delivers actionable ideas to help you teach more effectively, ethically, and with confidence in this new era.

Tina Austin

AI & Ethics Consultant, Lecturer at UC Los Angeles

Tina R. Austin is an educator and AI strategist who has spent decades teaching and consulting in higher education. Since 2022, she has been at the forefront of integrating AI into classrooms, teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses that span bioethics, regenerative medicine, social sciences, and gender studies. In addition to her teaching, she collaborates with colleges and universities worldwide as an AI consultant, helping educators and institutions navigate the evolving landscape of AI in education. Tina has led faculty development workshops across the country and was recently named one of ASU+GSV’s 2025 Leading Women in AI. Her mission is simple: to empower educators and students to use AI confidently, creatively, and responsibly.

www.linkedin.com/in/tinaaustin

Tina@tinaaustin.com

Session Files

ai-in-higher-ed_-whats-changing-what-no-one-is-talking-about-ucla-teaching-learning-center.pdf (534.8 KB)

Session Format

Standard Presentation

Session Skill Level

Intermediate

Session Status

Accepted

Session Track

Innovation and Emerging Technologies

Session Track Reasoning

This session fits perfectly within the Innovation and Emerging Technologies track because it highlights how generative AI is being used to enhance interdisciplinary teaching across STEM, humanities, and health sciences courses in higher education. Drawing from my experience integrating AI tools ethically in multiple UCLA classrooms, I will share firsthand examples of how this technology can support both faculty and students—while maintaining academic integrity and inclusive practices. The session bridges innovation with pedagogy, demonstrating how emerging tools can be implemented thoughtfully and responsibly in diverse educational contexts.

June 26, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - June 26, 2025 @ 3:45 pm

RC B

Smarter, Faster, Better: How UC San Diego Health is Using AI to Save Time and Money

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 05:39:19 +0000

Smarter, Faster, Better: How UC San Diego Health is Using AI to Save Time and Money Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 03/27/2025 - 22:39 UC San Diego Health is reimagining how healthcare systems operate by integrating artificial intelligence, automation, and real-time dashboards to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and support high reliability. This session shares how our Clinical Quality Improvement and Patient Safety teams partnered with data and technology experts to streamline manual processes—such as quality measure abstraction and CMS reporting—through the use of large language models and smart dashboards. Attendees will gain practical insights into how these tools were implemented, how change was managed across clinical and IT teams, and the measurable outcomes that followed. This is a real-world case study in transforming complexity into clarity, and data into action.

Nicholas Hilbert

Director of Quality and Patient Safety at UC San Diego Health

Nick Hilbert, MSN, RN, is the Director of Quality and Patient Safety at UC San Diego Health. His passion for technology began early, working at a small-town computer store in rural Iowa— now he leads system-wide efforts focused on data, AI, process improvement, and Lean strategies to improve outcomes across the health system. He and his teams have helped UC San Diego Health achieve top national rankings by building dashboards, automation tools, and scalable systems that reduce burden and enhance care delivery. A co-author in The New England Journal of Medicine and Governor of the College of AI & Medicine (California Chapter), Nick’s work lives at the intersection of people, process, culture, tech, and AI — shaping a future driven by smart systems and #AIforGood.

Session Format

Standard Presentation

Session Skill Level

Intermediate

Session Status

Accepted

Session Track

Innovation and Emerging Technologies

Session Track Reasoning

This session demonstrates how UC San Diego Health is leveraging emerging technologies—specifically artificial intelligence, automation, and dashboard design—to solve longstanding operational challenges in healthcare. By streamlining manual, resource-intensive processes and making data more actionable, we've seen measurable improvements in both efficiency and cost reduction. The session aligns with this track by illustrating how innovative tools can be thoughtfully integrated into complex systems to drive meaningful, scalable transformation—lessons that are relevant across disciplines and campuses.

June 27, 2025 @ 10:45 am - June 27, 2025 @ 11:30 am

RC D

From SSIS to DBT: A Modern Approach

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 04:28:57 +0000

From SSIS to DBT: A Modern Approach Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 03/27/2025 - 21:28 The previous SSIS/Python ETL was viewed as antiquated, disjointed and problematic for maintenance and reliability. A modern embedded data solution centered around a user defined data mart which would act as the catalyst for driving informed decision making and supporting prioritized initiatives from executive leaders was seen as the solution. There were two sets of goals, create a self-service data layer for ad hoc questions, a recurring reporting solution and support KPI metric dashboards. The team sought a democratized solution, rapid cycle improvement, scalability, and ability to move from on-prem to cloud when the time came. The solution that stood out was dbt, chosen for its data transformation capabilities. We have successfully created more than a dozen gold-level tables in our production environment with an increase in efficiency and reliability since implementing the open-source solution. The result has improved collaboration, change tracking and version control via Git.

Andrew Wong

Clinical Informaticist IV at UC Davis Health

Andrew Wong is a Clinical Informaticist at UC Davis Health, where he plays a vital role in advancing data-driven healthcare solutions that support population health and accountable care initiatives. Andrew holds a master’s degree in mathematics, providing a strong foundation for his analytical approach to problem solving, and previously held a position with the state of California overseeing the data integrity of the Medi-Cal managed care program. In his current role, Andrew applies his expertise as an analytics engineer, helping to transform complex data into actionable insights that improve patient outcomes and operational eDiciency. His work exemplifies the UC Tech 2025 theme—"Innovate. Integrate. Inspire."—by leveraging technology to bridge gaps in healthcare delivery, integrating novel data into informatics solutions to enhance patient support initiatives, and inspiring teams to adopt a data-informed culture that drives innovation within the UC Davis Health system.

Matthew Crase

Supervisor of Clinical Informatics at UC Davis Health

Matthew Crase is the Supervisor, Clinical Informatics in the Office of Population Health and Accountable Care and has been at UCDH since 2019. Before taking on this role, Matthew came to UC Davis as a member of the Quality Initiatives and Reporting in the Quality and Safety Department at UCDH. His focus at Quality and Safety was direct technical support for the Quality Initiative Program (QIP). Matthew brings a quality background to his current position; prior he worked for over eight years at the California Correctional Health Care Services for the Quality Management department. He has a BA in Political Science from UC Santa Barbara. Matthew has consistently utilized data-driven approaches throughout his career to foster support and implement enduring changes that significantly benefit patients.

Session Format

Standard Presentation

Session Skill Level

Intermediate

Session Status

Accepted

Session Track

Systems and Solutions: Enterprise Infrastructure, Data, Research Computing and Support

Session Track Reasoning

The work that the Clinical Informatics team focuses on for the office they support is centered around data driven decision making. As a team which is embedded with their immediate customers, we focus on making data easy to access and use, weather that is through self-service tools or data visualization using Power BI. We have generated technical infrastructure where previously there was none, or it was outdated and archaic.

June 26, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - June 26, 2025 @ 4:45 pm

RC C

Scaling a VERSAtile AI-Powered Platform for Research, Healthcare, Education, and Administration

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 04:12:16 +0000

Scaling a VERSAtile AI-Powered Platform for Research, Healthcare, Education, and Administration Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 03/27/2025 - 21:12 Versa, developed by our AI Tiger Team, is an enterprise-scale AI platform. Meant to secure access to frontier generative-AI (gen-AI) technologies, Versa enhances operations by streamlining text-based workflows for thousands of users. Versa is a platform of products: Versa API supports advanced AI research demands with protected clinical and business data; chatbot-style interactions with LLMs via Versa Chat and Versa Mobile, and our Versa Assistant RAG-based service supports development of dedicated, AI-powered interfaces for protected datastores, knowledgebases, and enterprise content. To date, the AI Tiger Team has scaled our gen-AI education series and user community to over 6,000 users. The Versa platform carries over 2,000 monthly users of Versa Chat, 20-100 Versa API users per month, and numerous departments and teams have developed more than 50 Versa Assistants addressing a wide range of AI-enabled use cases.

Joseph Owens

Enterprise AI Product Leader at UC San Francisco

Joe Owens, PhD, serves as Product Leader for Enterprise AI Platforms & Infrastructure at UCSF, where he guides teams in developing and deploying artificial intelligence tools across the institution's health, education, research, and administrative missions. Drawing from his neuroscience and biomedical engineering background, he previously led product development for digital health platforms and clinical-grade wearables at Verily Life Sciences and Alphabet, and served as an entrepreneur in residence at Google[x]. After beginning his commercial career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, he has dedicated his work to combining his clinical and engineering research expertise with servant-leader driven product mindset to improve healthcare through thoughtful use of technology.

Victor Galvez

Director EIA at UC San Francisco

Victor Galvez is Director of Integration, Data Platforms, and AI at UCSF. He leads enterprise integration, analytics infrastructure, and UCSF’s internal generative AI platform, UCSF Versa. With over 20 years in healthcare IT, he oversees real-time data exchange, data warehousing, and secure AI deployments that support UCSF’s clinical, research, and education missions. Victor played a key role in launching UCSF Versa, which enables UCSF users to safely leverage AI for productivity, automation, and decision support. He is focused on building scalable, compliant, and mission-aligned technologies across the UC system.

Session Format

Standard Presentation

Session Skill Level

Intermediate

Session Status

Accepted

Session Track

Innovation and Emerging Technologies

Session Track Reasoning

Developing and scaling generative AI tools across all mission areas of a healthcare, research, and educational UC requires continuous adapting to once in a generation speed technological landscape. Transformationally powerful new AI technologies are released on a monthly basis, requiring rapid adaptation and unquenchable user demand. When every aspect of what the team is building is new, this sits squarely in the Innovation track but is also a new way of building scalable Systems and Solutions in a rapidly changing landscape.

June 26, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - June 26, 2025 @ 1:45 pm

MR 7

Up and downs to achieve a successful business continuity plan

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 04:01:01 +0000

Up and downs to achieve a successful business continuity plan Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 03/27/2025 - 21:01 This presentation provides insights into how our department created a successful business continuity plan after many years of fits and adjustments. Rounds of evolving user training over the years attempted to transition users to our vision without success until the gaps with users were isolated using virtual machines. This allowed our department to adjust testing scenarios to simulate a disaster and arrive at solutions where our users could use any device (a provided device or BYOD) in a Zero Trust environment and continue doing their work. Technically, this was not achievable even a few years ago, but with changes in our network, software applications, and business processes our department made the dream a reality. In conclusion, our staff can confidently handle a worst-case disaster scenario of losing our physical building and still continue with their work, even if they did not have any IT Support for the first 7 days.

Stephen Mills

IT Manager at UC Los Angeles

Stephen Mills, born in Jamaica, raised in Canada, is a dedicated IT and finance professional. After earning a double major from UCLA, he began his career at Metropolitan West Securities, where he managed accounting and securities lending financial reporting for major clients such as CalPERS, CalSTRS, USAA, and Microsoft. While there, he transitioned into a senior system manager role, and with a small team developed financial and trading systems supporting over $50 billion in transactions. At UCLA Capital Programs, Stephen has served as Software Development Manager and now as IT Manager, where he has led the creation of enterprise systems for financial transactions, contract management, project and construction oversight, and workflow automation. He also developed a financial app for UCSF’s Mission Bay Hospital construction project. Stephen’s leadership continues to drive complex IT strategies and infrastructure supporting UCLA’s multi-billion-dollar Capital Programs operations.

Session Files

businesscontinuitypresentation202503draft.pptx (3.44 MB)

Session Format

Standard Presentation

Session Skill Level

Beginner

Session Status

Accepted

Session Track

Systems and Solutions: Enterprise Infrastructure, Data, Research Computing and Support

Session Track Reasoning

Supporting users to achieve business continuity.

June 26, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - June 26, 2025 @ 1:45 pm

MR 8

UCLA Data Lakehouse in Action

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 03:39:07 +0000

UCLA Data Lakehouse in Action Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 03/27/2025 - 20:39 While university data held immense value, its fragmentation limited its utility. We built a modern cloud platform, centralizing data and establishing a single source of truth. This demo will illustrate how we centralized disparate data, creating a unified foundation for actionable insights. Our Agenda: Cloud Migration: Secure, scalable platform integrating diverse data sources into a single source of truth. Automated Pipelines: Collection, Erichment, and Curation ensuring data consistency. Self-Service Access: User-friendly interfaces for all stakeholders. This demo will showcase the Data Lakehouse in action, swiftly and efficiently by utilizing pre-built frameworks guided by configuration. The automated pipelines transfer data across 6 stages: * Data Collection * Data Enrichment * Data Curation * Data Access * Data Delivery * Data Quality This consistent framework-driven approach enable data-driven decision-making data-driven decision-making throughout UCLA.

Navneet Sharma

Senior Data Architect at UC Los Angeles

As a Senior Data Architect, Navneet specializes in designing robust data architecture, strategy, and governance for UCLA focusing on building scalable data foundations for AI/ML, enabling data-driven decisions. His primary focus is on ensuring data quality, security, and controlled democratization of campus data assets to align with strategic priorities.

Rajesh Narayanan

Manager for Data Integration at UC Los Angeles

Rajesh Narayanan manages Data Integration at UCLA’s Digital & Technology Solutions department, supporting enterprise-wide data and analytics initiatives that drive insight, innovation, and operational excellence.

Session Format

Standard Presentation

Session Skill Level

Intermediate

Session Status

Accepted

Session Track

Systems and Solutions: Enterprise Infrastructure, Data, Research Computing and Support

Session Track Reasoning

I am Rajesh Narayanan, Manager Data Integration and I would be accompanied by Navneet Sharma who is our Enterprise Data Architect. We are representing UCLA's Enterprise Data and Analytics team. Our team is responsible for creating critical Data Integration Solutions for UCLA. University data holds immense value, but its impact is often limited by fragmented, siloed systems. We have architected a modern, cloud-based data platform with Automated Data Pipelines that runs our daily Data Loads through a Well-Architected framework. This platform eliminates silos, centralizes data, and ensures quality through automation.
This track was found more suitable for Demonstrating our Data Solution end to end as per systems and solutions: Data.

June 27, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - June 27, 2025 @ 1:45 pm

RC E

Modernizing Specimen Management: Overcoming Challenges with the UC Digital Donor Library

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 01:19:41 +0000

Modernizing Specimen Management: Overcoming Challenges with the UC Digital Donor Library Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 03/27/2025 - 18:19 The UC Digital Donor Library (DDL) is a system designed to help UC medical school campuses including UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCSD, and UCSF manage every stage of anatomical donations—from donor registration and preparation to inventory tracking, allocation, and final disposition. Originally launched in 2008 as a desktop application, the DDL underwent a major modernization effort in 2023 to a secure Cloud based solution. In this session, we’ll cover: • Program Overview: Overview of DDL and the key challenges faced during implementation. • Lessons Learned: User feedback management and validation. How we standardized workflows and metadata across campuses and how we migrated legacy data to the new system. • Application & Architecture: Single Page App (SPA) design, Azure Enterprise Cloud, role-based access, microservices approach, multi-tenant shared and private data model, barcode scanning, development process, and automation strategies.

Kelsey Byers

Systemwide Coordinator for the Anatomical Donation Program at UC Office of the President

Kelsey Byers, MPH, is the Systemwide Coordinator for UC Health’s Anatomical Donation Program. Her work in the Office of the President keeps UC’s five campus body donation programs connected, compliant and operating at a gold standard. She previously worked for Indiana University’s Anatomical Education Program, where she gained invaluable experience in all aspects of academic body donation.

Kelsey joined UC during a multi-year development process to upgrade the Digital Donor Library (DDL), UC’s human body donor registry and anatomical specimen tracking system. Her contributions to the ongoing project include staff training, collating user feedback and communicating Program priorities to the developers. She has written a DDL user manual and convenes weekly feedback sessions with users across the UC system. She advocates for robust human specimen tracking at all academic body donation programs and has presented on UC’s DDL to audiences of body donation personnel and anatomy educators.

Furqan Kamani

Lead Application Developer at UC San Francisco

Furqan Kamani is a seasoned software developer with extensive experience in mobile and web application development. Currently serving as a Lead Application Developer at UCSF, Furqan is involved in the design and development of features for the Digital Donor Library using Angular and Dotnet. At UCSF, he also worked on Mobile applications using React Native and full-stack development of single-page web applications using React, Nodejs, and low code application development using Power Platform apps and Modo Labs.

Session Format

Standard Presentation

Session Skill Level

Beginner

Session Status

Accepted

Session Track

Systems and Solutions: Enterprise Infrastructure, Data, Research Computing and Support

Session Track Reasoning

“Systems and Solutions: Enterprise Infrastructure, Data, Research Computing and Support” is the most appropriate session track for our discussion topic. Transitioning from a desktop application to a secure cloud-based solution involves numerous business and technical aspects. Throughout our implementation process, we standardized workflows and metadata, managed user feedback using agile methodologies, migrated legacy data, and replaced handheld scanners with a new mobile barcode scanning process, automated our CI/CD pipeline to streamline development etc. Sharing our experiences and technical insights will provide the audience with practical knowledge on building and optimizing similar systems and solutions, offering valuable lessons on overcoming challenges, ensuring efficiency and scalability, and adhering to the security policy.

June 26, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - June 26, 2025 @ 2:45 pm

MR 10

Building Bridges, Not Silos: How Strong Campus Partnerships Impact IT Success

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 01:15:33 +0000

Building Bridges, Not Silos: How Strong Campus Partnerships Impact IT Success Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 03/27/2025 - 18:15

This presentation explores how strong campus partnerships influence IT and change management success. Attendees will learn practical ways to build and nurture campus partnerships, get insights on how to effectively leverage relationships with key campus partners to achieve outcomes, and have the opportunity to apply their learnings within the session.

Hapy Ting

Communication Specialist at UC Riverside

Hapy Ting is a seasoned communications professional with a background in content writing, digital marketing, and social media community management. She joined UCR ITS as a Communication Specialist, focusing on IT project communications and change management. She recently earned the distinction of being a Prosci Certified Change Practitioner.

Prior to joining UCR ITS, she was the social media community manager of well-known consumer brands in the Philippines, including Pizza Hut and KFC. She also spent time as a content writer for digital and content marketing agencies, and as a Program Manager for Microsoft Education APAC. Hapy is passionate about connecting with people, with a penchant for building relationships over a cup of coffee.

Session Format

Standard Presentation

Session Skill Level

Beginner

Session Status

Accepted

Session Track

Leadership and Change Management

Session Track Reasoning

The proposed session promotes building collaborative partnerships across departments.

June 27, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - June 27, 2025 @ 1:45 pm

MR 10