In his early practice our Co-Founder, Dr. Jeremie Larouche, worked on a medico-legal case in California that later helped shape the vision for SiftMed. It began with a young man that we’ll call Martin, who was paralyzed after a motorcycle accident.

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Initially, it was assumed that Martin suffered a spinal cord injury from the crash, however, he could clearly recall being able to move his legs when he arrived at the hospital. 

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Upon further investigation, deep down on page 13,151 of the medical record was a critical detail: ‘Patient able to move legs on arrival,’ written in the tiniest handwriting on a nurse's note. Martin’s paralysis occurred after a surgical complication, not the accident.

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This process of uncovering this detail took days of Jeremie sifting through thousands of pages with a pen and sticky notes - a common challenge in medical reviews. Had this fact been missed, Martin’s outcome would have looked entirely different. 

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Jeremie always knew there had to be a better way to do this, that’s where he teamed up with Holly to create a solution. Today, SiftMed’s AI-powered software processes thousands of medical records, helping ensure critical details aren’t missed.