Chirag Jadhwani says he was inspired to start PeerSupport.io when his family was having trouble navigating Mumbai's health care system and he realized that Canada's system had similar issues.
A Whitehorse-based tech startup is working to simplify medical forms and optimize appointment times to improve the efficiency of the health care system in Yukon and across Canada.
The company, PeerSupport.io, is part of a growing trend of technology companies trying to use artificial intelligence to tackle paperwork, one of the top complaints of health care workers.
As a Secret Canada investigation by The Globe and Mail explained this year, Canada’s medical records system is deeply fragmented and inefficient. Files live in a mix of physical and digital formats spread across service providers