Clinical Workflow Copilot
Clinical Corvus is a workflow copilot, not a chatbot. It helps synthesize, draft, and check — but does not execute for you. Every output is a clinician-reviewed draft.
Check-to-Accept
The core pattern is:
- Draft, don't execute: the system proposes items (text, action list, handoff)
- Explicit control: you accept, edit, or discard each suggestion
- Human review in the flow: this reduces automation bias
When the copilot is most useful
- Building a quick picture before rounds
- Turning messy text into a short, usable summary
- Generating a consistent I-PASS handoff
- Requesting evidence when the case requires a guideline or literature check
- Analyzing labs with deterministic interpreters
- Expanding differential diagnosis with evidence research
Quick Agent Actions
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
| ICU Overview | Summary + red flags + daily goals |
| Lab Analysis | Lab test interpretation |
| Quick Research | On-demand evidence with citations |
| Expand Differential | Limited differential expansion |
| Diagnostic Timeout | Deliberate pause to reconsider |
| Deep Research | Iterative autonomous research |
| Generate Plan | Therapeutic plan suggestion |
Research actions (Quick Research, Deep Research) show real-time progress because they can take 30 seconds to 3 minutes depending on provider latency.
Traceability
Each agent response includes traceability:
- Citations: title, URL, date, journal for each source
- Admitted/rejected evidence: the system records which sources were used and which were excluded and why
- Quality badge: indicating whether the response has adequate evidence ("verified") or is useful but with limited evidence ("helper")
- Severity scores: NEWS2 and SOFA with delta when available
Agent Team
A team of specialized agents operates behind the scenes:
Clinical Discussion Agent (CDA)
The primary agent. Handles reasoning, summarizes the case, and decides when to invoke research. Uses a structured question profile to classify each request.
Clinical Research Agent (CRA)
When the CDA identifies an evidence need, it delegates to the CRA. The CRA searches PubMed, Europe PMC, OpenAlex, Lens and other sources, synthesizes a referenced brief, and returns to the CDA.
Compass Controller
Orchestrates the CDA reasoning loop: Plan → Verify → Pivot → Stop. Controls token budget and decides when there's enough evidence to answer.
Verifier
Before any response is shown, the verifier checks if citations are valid, claims are evidence-backed, and risks are stated. If verification fails, agents correct the response.
Response States
| State | Meaning | Clinician Action |
|---|---|---|
| Ready | Response with adequate evidence | Review and accept/edit |
| Partial | Partial response with stated uncertainty | Review carefully, supplement |
| Insufficient | Insufficient evidence to answer | Seek more information |
| Blocked | Request out of beta scope | Reformulate or use another resource |
| Review | Requires mandatory clinical review | Review before use |
Boundaries
The copilot operates with bounded support:
- Supported: clinical question with context, differential synthesis, plan drafting, evidence retrieval, lab analysis
- Warned: questions with insufficient evidence — the system states uncertainty
- Blocked: requests for autonomous diagnosis, automatic treatment planning, unrestricted advice
Clinician review is part of normal workflow, not an exception.