Health Compass
Transforming the healthcare system by transforming healthcare data into actionable insights.
Project Overview
Updated July 10, 2024.
The Problem
Physicians now on average spend two hours navigating electronic medical records (EMR) systems for every hour they spend with a patient. Many have 2-3 more hours of “pajama time” EMR work at home. According to one survey, the EMR systems are the second-leading cause of physician burnout (47 percent) behind “too much time spent on bureaucratic tasks.” Outdated and inefficient EMR systems struggle to share information between systems and offer a volume of data that is difficult to sift through. Physicians are commonly faced with the “needle in a hay stack” dilemma. Navigating these systems takes a significant amount of any physicians’ time away from helping their patients.
How We Are Solving It
ORX Surgical is working with other Canadian partners Tali AI, Well Health Technologies and Simon Fraser University to develop a technological software solution that applies artificial intelligence to existing EMR systems. Called the Health Compass, this project proposes to improve Canadians’ access to health care while reducing costs for the medical system. Expected to be completed in 2024, Health Compass will be made available first to 3,000 clinics and to 17,500 healthcare providers in Canada, before international markets are targeted.
By leveraging AI, Health Compass will help physicians navigate through documents within the EMR system faster. Applying AI will also allow patient data to be extracted and analyzed against the latest evidence-based guidelines, helping physicians identify patients in need of urgent care quicker. Unlike other EMR solutions, Health Compass offers a natural voice interface that detects physicians’ voices to streamline clinical documentation and queries. Health Compass will also automate the patient journey in primary care and specialty care to connect patients with life changing care quickly.
Thanks to the Health Compass solution, Canadian physicians are expected to spend up to 55% less time on documentation and sifting through large unactionable patients’ data. The evidence-based resources and recommendations engine within Health Compass will also help physicians make fewer medical mistakes and connect patients with life-changing appropriate care quickly. Ultimately, patients will have more quality time to spend being cared for by providers. The Health Compass solution also offers future opportunities for commercial growth, as associated patient portals and engagement tools that could be developed potentially offer patients greater accessibility to their own medical records.
The Result
The Health Compass I project made substantial strides in reshaping Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) through AI integration. The development and successful deployment of Tali AI’s AI Assistant demonstrated the initial feasibility and desirability of natural language interfaces in clinical settings, saving nearly 12,000 collective hours monthly in clinical documentation by physicians that used Tali AI’s technology. In addition, major development efforts with ORX’s predictive AI technology demonstrated feasibility and expedited their commercial potential with WELL Health.
Announced in July 2024, DIGITAL awarded follow-on investment to the second phase of the Health Compass project, Health Compass II.
Project Lead
Project Partners
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“Through our collaboration with DIGITAL, WELL Health has had the remarkable opportunity to join forces with innovative SMEs, collectively addressing critical challenges within the Canadian healthcare system. We take immense pride in this collaboration, particularly our work alongside Tali and ORX. Together, we harnessed the power of AI to develop and commercialize a transformative solution designed to help tackle the urgent issue of physician burnout. At WELL Health, tech-enabling physicians to address burnout and optimize how they practice is at the heart of our mission and we take this mandate very seriously. Left unchecked, physician burnout will continue to adversely impact Canadian’s access to timely care as more medical graduates choose not to practice family medicine and burnt-out practicing physicians opt to work less or even retire early. DIGITAL has been instrumental in fostering this collaboration and driving advancements that will leave a lasting impact on the healthcare landscape.”
Chief Operating Officer, WELL Health Technologies -
“As we conclude the DIGITAL project, Tali AI celebrates being part of a transformative era in healthcare with our AI-driven technology. The pivotal advancement of using ambient scribe technology for healthcare professionals is enhancing patient care and reducing physician burnout. We found that physicians using Tali AI’s ambient collectively save nearly 12,000 hours in clinical documentation monthly. We continually strive to reduce administrative burden, increase patient-focused healthcare, and, with the new French and Spanish language options, showcase our ever-expanding commitment to inclusivity in healthcare. Inclusion in Health Compass has ensured Tali AI can continue providing the best technology for Canadian healthcare providers.”
CEO and Co-Founder, Tali AI -
“The Health Compass project represents a pivotal moment in the integration of AI into healthcare. Our journey with this project has been one of groundbreaking innovation and collaborative success. The development of predictive algorithms for healthcare and our partnership with WELL Health have been instrumental in advancing our company forward, showcasing the immense potential of predictive modeling in healthcare. This project has not only aligned with our core mission at ORX but has also expanded our horizons, enabling us to explore new specialties and conditions. As we move forward, we remain committed to leveraging the insights and advancements from Health Compass to drive innovation, improve patient outcomes, and redefine the future of healthcare technology.”
CEO, ORX