10/6/2026
An artificial intelligence tool designed to reduce the administrative burden on physicians is moving closer to clinical implementation. It is focused on making advanced health technology accessible to small, independent, and rural medical practices.
An artificial intelligence tool designed to reduce the administrative burden on physicians is moving closer to clinical implementation. It is focused on making advanced health technology accessible to small, independent, and rural medical practices.
“Our product is cheap and EHR-agnostic, allowing for quick and affordable implementation for the underserved clinics that need our product most...”
InvoGenix team member Alex Kim
The innovation, called InvoGenix, aims to address a persistent challenge in healthcare: the time and complexity involved in clinical documentation and medical billing. Documentation and coding errors can contribute to lost revenue, additional administrative work, and inaccuracies in the medical record. Each is a challenge that can be significant for smaller practices with limited resources.
InvoGenix was created by a multidisciplinary student team at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, including students from Carle Illinois College of Medicine (CI MED). It uses AI to convert key data from patient-physician interactions into structured, customizable clinical notes and relevant diagnostic and treatment codes.
The team brought its innovation to the 2026 Global Summit of the Global Consortium of Innovation and Engineering in Medicine (GCIEM) in Taipei, Taiwan.
InvoGenix is designed around the needs of small and independent medical practices, where the cost and complexity of adopting new technology can create barriers to innovation. The system can be implemented without the need to integrate into a specific electronic health record platform, allowing clinics to use the technology regardless of their existing system.
“Our product is cheap and EHR-agnostic, allowing for quick and affordable implementation for the underserved clinics that need our product most,” InvoGenix team member Alex Kim said.
The system generates clinical notes in the standard SOAP format and recommends billing codes, while keeping physicians at the center of the decision-making process. Notes and codes generated by the system are fully reviewable by a physician, enabling human oversight and post-decision auditing. The platform is also modular, allowing practices to use its documentation and coding functions together or independently.
The team says the technical product is now complete and ready for pilot testing and scaling in clinical settings.
InvoGenix earned fourth place and $20,000 at the 2026 GCIEM Global Health Innovation Grand Challenge. The international competition brings student innovators from around the world together to develop engineering-driven solutions to pressing global health challenges.
The InvoGenix team is now focused on moving its technology toward real-world clinical use and building relationships that could help the platform reach the small and rural practices it was designed to serve.
The team is in discussions with Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) about a potential pilot with its medical system. A successful collaboration would give InvoGenix an opportunity to test its technology with a patient population aligned with the team’s focus on underserved and rural health care.
InvoGenix is also exploring opportunities to connect with rural clinics through the Mississippi State Department of Health’s Office of Rural Health. The team says the connection can help build awareness of the technology and open doors for future implementation in rural health settings.
The long-term goal is to give physicians and clinical teams more effective tools for managing the work surrounding patient care. For InvoGenix, that vision begins with making AI-powered health innovation more accessible to practices that otherwise would be left behind by rapidly advancing technology.
With support from the GCIEM Grand Challenge and connections across the University of Illinois innovation ecosystem, InvoGenix is taking the next steps toward moving that technology from a student-led innovation to a tool that can make an impact in everyday healthcare.
Notes: This innovation grew from the GCIEM and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s interdisciplinary innovation ecosystem.
The InvoGenix team includes four undergraduate students and two medical students. The team includes two electrical and computer engineering majors, one information sciences and data science major, and one studying molecular and cellular biology and chemistry. The medical students are students at Carle Illinois College of Medicine.
The team participated in the 11th cohort of the University of Illinois’ iVenture Accelerator along with other university entrepreneurship programs, including the Cozad New Venture Challenge and I-Corps.