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Problem & Opportunity

The Status Quo: Cognitive Overload & the Integration Gap​

Empirical studies show that clinicians spend a large fraction of their time just navigating EHR interfaces to build a mental model of the patient—some analyses estimate roughly half of EHR time is navigation rather than direct documentation or decision-making.

Key Pain Points​

Information Sprawl

  • Critical data is scattered across tabs and screens
  • Trends (e.g., slowly rising creatinine, incremental vasopressor increases, tachypnea) are buried in tables and flowsheets

Clerical Burden High-value clinical reasoning is squeezed by low-value tasks:

  • Updating lists
  • Manually constructing sign-out notes
  • Duplicating information across systems (EHR + spreadsheets + messaging apps)

The Integration Wall Many AI innovations assume mature interoperability:

  • Robust FHIR APIs
  • Open integration policies
  • Dedicated IT teams

In practice, especially in LatAm and at smaller hospitals globally, FHIR APIs either do not exist or are heavily firewalled. Even where they exist, integration projects can take months to years.

Shadow IT and paper lists as the real operating system To cope, clinicians worldwide build their own "shadow stack": shared Excel sheets, WhatsApp or Telegram groups, scrap paper, and personal notebooks. In practice, these manual lists—not the EHR—are the real operating system of daily rounds and handoffs.

They are insecure, non-auditable, and easy to lose or misinterpret. Corvus is built to directly replace these paper and ad-hoc lists with a structured, safer, and smarter equivalent—without asking clinicians to change how they think about their day.

Market Tailwinds​

Shift to "Workflow AI" The market is evolving from general chatbots (pure Q&A) to systems that perform structured work: drafting notes, tracking tasks, surfacing deltas, preparing handoffs.

Regulatory Scrutiny and Preference for CADt Regulators increasingly favor CADt (Triage & Documentation) tools over black-box CADx (Diagnostic) systems. Solutions that:

  • Provide rationale and citations
  • Require clinician confirmation
  • Focus on documentation, triage, and workflow are seen as more acceptable entry points.

Grassroots Readiness Clinicians are already:

  • Pasting de-identified cases into ChatGPT
  • Sharing advice and screenshots via messaging apps

These practices show clear demand for tools like Corvus that:

  • Work the way clinicians already work (copy-paste, lists)
  • Are safer, more structured, and more compliant