Board of Trustees University of Illinois

A Sociotechnical Systems Approach to Understand the Impact of AI on Physician Wellness

“Established in 1867 as a land-grant institution, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is the flagship of the state U of I System. The university is guided by the vision to be the pre-eminent public research university with a land-grant mission and global impact. The mission of the U of I is to enhance the lives of citizens in Illinois, across the nation and around the world through our leadership in learning, discover, engagement and economic development. The Health Care Engineering Systems Center (HCESC) at the University of Illinois College of Engineering provides clinical immersion to engineers and fosters collaborations between engineers and physicians. The aim is to develop new technologies and cyber-physical systems, enhance medical training and practice, and in collaboration with key partners, drive the training of medical practitioners of the future. HCESC is housed at the Coordinated Science Laboratory (CSL): Established in 1951, the CSL is an internationally respected leader in telecommunications and information technology research.

HCESC houses three laboratories: The simulation lab focuses on developing hardware-in-loop simulations/simulators of robotic surgery to train surgeons, the robotics lab boasts the development of an endovascular robotic system for tele-operated robot for endovascular procedures, and the virtual reality lab, which deals with the development of virtual as well as augmented reality paradigms for medical applications.

This project will utilize the facilities of the Order of St. Francis Healthcare System (OSF HealthCare), the Carle Illinois College of Medicine and Carle Health System. OSF HealthCare is an integrated health system owned and operated by The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, headquartered in Peoria, Illinois, with most operations throughout Illinois and some in Michigan. OSF HealthCare employs over 24,000 Mission Partners (employees) in more than 146 locations, including 15 hospitals and more than 49 urgent care locations. The Carle Illinois College of Medicine is a partnership between Carle Health system, an Urbana-based system of hospitals, clinics and physician groups, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The college is the first college of medicine in the world with a curriculum that fuses engineering, medicine and the humanities to create an innovative future where doctors leverage engineering and advanced technology to provide more humanistic care for patients. The Carle Health System serves over 1.4 million people across 41 counties in Illinois and five in Indiana. The 413-bed Carle Foundation Hospital is the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and offers Level III perinatal services; the system also includes the 24-bed critical access Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center, 134-bed Carle Richland Memorial Hospital and Carle Physician Group with more than 500 doctors.”