Arches

Last updated 2023-08-01T01:38:35Z

Arches is a data platform where users can readily access usable data to improve care for Veterans. The cloud-native platform, complete with a rich set of computational tools, harnesses the power of collaboration and innovation to provide a one-stop data workshop for VA employees and external collaborators. Users can easily collaborate and work together to produce solutions that drive the quality of patient treatment and outcomes.

Origin:

January 2021, Collaboration between VHA IE and OCTO

Adoptions:

1 in-progress

Awards and Recognition:

FedHealth IT Award

Overview

The problem

Arches is designed to address and resolve the past issues with difficulty in accessing data. Arches allows users to collaborate on solutions, and test new innovations with meaningful and robust data.

The solution

Arches’ cutting-edge innovation environment takes a DevOps approach for machine learning as a service. Data in Arches is automated and code based – so users can build, test, deploy, monitor, and review data with ease, all within their workstations. Machine learning continuous integration and continuous delivery enables traceability, reproducibility, and roll ... Arches’ cutting-edge innovation environment takes a DevOps approach for machine learning as a service. Data in Arches is automated and code based – so users can build, test, deploy, monitor, and review data with ease, all within their workstations. Machine learning continuous integration and continuous delivery enables traceability, reproducibility, and rollback capability.

Applications deployed in Arches share a single instance of Veteran data from VA’s Corporate Data Warehouse that is stored in a protected environment, so users can participate in a rich ecosystem that is not subject to vendor lock-in.

In addition to real VA patient data, Arches makes synthetic patient data readily available as a reliable and accurate alternative. Synthetic data increases opportunities for access and enhances Veteran privacy. See more

The results

If you would like to use Arches for your data and analytics innovation efforts, please see:

Links

This site is the entry point for an initial intake and evaluation for use of Arches Emerging Technologies Intake Form

Diffusion tracker

Does not include Clinical Resource Hubs (CRH)

There are no successful adoptions for this innovation.

DC: Washington VA Medical Center (Washington, District of Columbia)

Started adoption on 02/2021.

There are no unsuccessful adoptions for this innovation.

Implementation

Core Resources

Resource type	Resource description
PEOPLE	Systems Architect

Files

brief description of resources available in Arches Arches one pager

Contact

Comment

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Email

Email VHAArches@va.gov with questions about this innovation.

About

Origin story

Arches developed out of our own difficulty in accessing meaningful information and bringing that data to the people who need it. We wanted to solve this problem!

Original team

Amanda Purnell, Ph.D.

Director, Data and Analytics Innovation (VHA IE)

Angela Gant-Curtis

Emerging Technologies Program Lead (OCTO)

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