Sentiero automates the intake of clinical documents—referrals, labs, imaging, and discharge summaries—by reading, classifying, and matching each fax to the correct patient chart without manual scanning or data entry.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Product
Problem
Clinics receive large volumes of faxed clinical documents—referrals, lab results, imaging reports, and discharge summaries—that must be manually scanned, entered, and filed into patient charts, consuming staff time and delaying triage decisions.
Solution
Sentiero automates the entire fax intake workflow by using optical character recognition and natural language processing to read each incoming document, classify its type, extract key clinical intent, and match it to the correct patient record. The platform creates or updates patient charts with pre‑filled demographics, insurance, and provider information, and generates EMR‑enriched summaries that include prior history, relevant labs, and medication data. Built‑in triage rules provide priority suggestions and allow physicians to approve referrals with a single click. All actions integrate directly with existing EMR and fax systems, preserving current workflows while eliminating manual scanning and data entry.
Target Audience
Primary users are outpatient clinics, primary‑care practices, and specialty groups that process high volumes of faxed referrals and test results, as well as their physicians and triage staff.
Features
- OCR and NLP engine that reads, classifies, and extracts intent from referrals, labs, imaging, and discharge summaries
- Automatic patient matching and one‑click chart creation with demographics and insurance pre‑filled
- EMR‑enriched referral summaries that pull prior consults, labs, medications, and appointment history
- Configurable triage rules that generate priority suggestions and display relevant clinical guidelines
- One‑click approval workflow that updates the patient chart and pushes documents to the EMR
- Seamless integration with existing EMR and fax infrastructure, requiring no additional software for staff
- Secure, HIPAA‑compliant and PIPEDA‑aligned data handling with Canadian residency for patient data