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DPH CIO outlines AI policy, EPIC roadmap and plan for generative tools under city safeguards
Summary
Department of Public Health CIO Eric Raffman and deputy CIO Jeff Scarfaria briefed the Health Commission on AI governance, a generative-AI pilot, upcoming Microsoft CoPilot Chat under enterprise terms, and EPIC priorities including sepsis detection and the Beaker laboratory integration.
San Francisco Department of Public Health Chief Information Officer Eric Raffman and Deputy CIO Jeff Scarfaria updated the Health Commission on health IT initiatives, including the departmentapproach to artificial intelligence, an enterprise generative-AI rollout, and EPIC electronic health record priorities.
Why it matters: The department is integrating new AI tools while emphasizing human oversight, HIPAA protections and city-level requirements for transparency. IT work also supports clinical goals such as earlier sepsis detection and consolidation of laboratory systems.
AI policy and legal context: Raffman summarized relevant legal and policy changes: a recently enacted California law (referred to in the briefing as AB 3030)…
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