Organize and leverage enterprise-wide (and university-wide) expertise and experience to identify and implement projects or tools that improve the quality of care and/or the efficiency of business processes.
Convener: Dr. Andrew Agwunobi
Committee Members: Anne Horbatuck, UConn Medical Group; Caryl Ryan, UConn John Dempsey Hospital; Dr. Scott Allen, UConn John Dempsey Hospital; Joseph Smiga, Office of the General Counsel; Rick McCarthy, Information Technology; Dr. Thomas Agresta, Family Medicine; Kyle Dunleavy, Revenue Cycle; Michael Dwyer, Compliance; Michael Centola, Research Integrity & Compliance; Julie Schwager, Office of the Vice President for Research; Kim Fearney, Office of University Compliance; Dr. Steven Lepowsky, School of Dental Medicine; Jeff Geoghegan, Finance; Dr. Christopher Steele, Hospitalist Service; Dr. Wendy Miller, School of Medicine
Staff Support: Andrea Keilty, Chief of Staff; Chris Hyers, Clinical Strategy & Marketing
Progress
Steering Group Chartered, Work Outlined
The initiative steering committee met for a second time on February 23 2026. Major items discussed included philanthropic opportunities by Dr. Agwunobi, and inventory of AI current uses portfolio, and what’s in the pipeline with Epic by Chief Information Officer Rick McCarthy as well as a discussion led by Dr. Tom Agresta on the future of AI in healthcare condensed from other talks he has presented to help the group, foundationally, how AI ‘learns’ and works.
Next Steps
The committee agreed upon the following actions before the next meeting:
- Develop a Draft Process for AI Risk Assessment and Review: Identify leads
- Develop Draft AI Policy Addressing Ethical Use, Transparency, and Compliance: Identify leads
- Identify Workgroup Members:
- Operations AI Workgroup: Clinical and Institutional support functions
- Education and Research Workgroup: To collaborate closely with Storrs AI initiative