TriageMD Closed Pilot — Participant Agreement

Effective September 5, 2026 · AI for Canadians · patrick@aiforcanadians.org

1. What This Is

This is a plain-language agreement between you (a participating physician) and AI for Canadians regarding your participation in the TriageMD closed pilot. TriageMD is an early-stage tool designed to help family physicians triage diagnostic inbox results. Participation is free, invite-only, and carries no obligation beyond what's described below.

This is not a contract with consequences. It's a shared understanding of how the pilot works and what we each commit to.

2. De-Identification — The Hard Rule

Before submitting any patient results to TriageMD, you must remove all direct patient identifiers.

Remove:

• Full name (first, last, or both)
• Date of birth
• OHIP number or any provincial health card number
• Home address or mailing address
• Phone number or email address
• Any other information that could identify a specific patient

Keep:

• Clinical test values and units
• Reference ranges
• Patient age and biological sex (not date of birth)
• Test or collection date (not linked to a patient name)
• Ordering physician specialty (not name or license number)

If you need to track results for your own records, replace patient names with a code of your choosing (e.g. PT-001, PT-002). Keep that mapping in your own records — do not submit it.

This de-identification step is your responsibility. TriageMD is built on the assumption that what enters the system is already clean. If you're unsure whether something is identifying, take it out.

3. What TriageMD Does With Submitted Data

Here's exactly what happens when you submit a de-identified result:

1. Your de-identified text is sent to the Anthropic API, hosted in the United States, for classification.
2. Anthropic processes the text to generate a triage output (priority level, suggested action).
3. The result is returned to you.
4. TriageMD does not store your submissions. Nothing is saved on our end after the result is returned.

Anthropic's API receives only de-identified clinical values — no patient identifiers, no physician identifiers. Anthropic's data handling is governed by their own privacy policy and standard commercial API terms.

We will not sell, share, or otherwise use your submissions for any purpose beyond returning results to you during the pilot.

4. Your Responsibilities as a Participating Physician

• De-identify before you submit. This is non-negotiable (see Section 2).
• Exercise your own clinical judgment. TriageMD is a decision-support tool, not a replacement for your assessment. You retain full clinical responsibility for every patient at all times.
• TriageMD is not a medical device and is not approved or licensed as one. It should not be used as the sole basis for clinical decisions.
• Let us know if something looks wrong — an unexpected output or a concern about how the tool is behaving.

5. What the Pilot Asks of You

We're asking for two things:

1. Use the tool with de-identified results over a few weeks — as much or as little as feels useful.
2. Attend a 30-minute feedback call at or near the end of the pilot period to share what worked, what didn't, and what you'd want changed.

That's it. No reports, no documentation, no ongoing commitment.

6. How Pilot Findings Are Used

Feedback and usage patterns from the pilot may be used to improve TriageMD and to support funding applications. Any such use will be aggregate and anonymized — no individual physician or patient will be identifiable in any materials we produce or share.

We will not quote you by name, reference your institution, or describe your specific cases without your separate explicit permission.

7. No Compensation

Participation in this pilot is unpaid. There is no financial compensation, gift, or honorarium.

8. Either of Us Can Walk Away

This pilot is voluntary. You can stop participating at any time, for any reason, with no explanation required and no consequences. Send a note to patrick@aiforcanadians.org and we'll remove your access.

AI for Canadians can also end the pilot at any time. We'll let you know directly.

9. Signature

By signing below, you confirm that you've read this agreement, understand the de-identification requirement, and agree to participate in the TriageMD pilot on these terms.

Questions? Reach Patrick directly at patrick@aiforcanadians.org