Independent clinical consultant

Health technology, designed for real care.

I help teams building products for clinicians find clinical and adoption risks early, before they become expensive rebuilds, failed implementations or stalled scale-up.

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Kaylen O'Rourke, RN 8 years frontline: emergency, perioperative, fertility and aesthetics
  • 4 hospitals, 2 provincesEmergency and perioperative care, plus private and specialty clinics
  • Adopted as policyDesigned and piloted an ED workflow that became unit policy
  • 4 EMR systemsCerner, Meditech, JaneApp and Fertility Pro, used in daily practice
Who I work with

For teams putting technology in clinicians' hands.

If clinicians have to adopt your product for it to succeed, a clinical perspective early costs far less than fixes after launch.

  • Products

    Digital health platforms, clinical AI, EMRs, diagnostics and other clinician-facing tools.

  • Settings

    Hospitals, emergency departments, private and specialty clinics, and long-term care.

  • Moments

    Before a pilot, when adoption stalls, and before scaling to new sites.

Services

Focused support, matched to the decision in front of you.

01 · Working session

Focused Clinical Consultation

A working session on a specific product, workflow or implementation question, grounded in frontline practice.

Includes 60-minute discussion and a concise written summary
02 · Fixed scopeCore service

Clinical Workflow & Adoption Review

A fixed-scope evaluation of clinical fit, adoption barriers and implementation risk, with prioritized recommendations for your product, workflow and rollout.

Timeline Typically 7 to 10 business days Your time About 2 to 3 hours of your team's time Includes Executive summary, workflow map, ranked findings, recommendations and a live readout
See a sample Review → Service overview (PDF)
03 · New directions

Clinical Product Strategy

When a product won't be adopted as designed, even with fixes. Keep the technology, the setting or the problem, and decide where to go next.

Timeline Typically 2 to 3 weeks, often after a Review Your time About 3 to 4 hours of your team's time Includes Fit and problem map, options, a recommendation and a live readout
Service overview (PDF)
04 · Ongoing

Fractional Clinical Advisory

Flexible, ongoing input for product, research, education and implementation decisions, without a full-time hire.

Monthly Product feedback, user research, clinical messaging, education and adoption

How it worksFixed-scope or ongoing. Fee and deliverables agreed up front.

  1. 1

    Discover

    Clarify the product, users and the decision to support.

  2. 2

    Scope

    Confirm focus, deliverables, timeline and fixed fee.

  3. 3

    Assess

    Review the experience through a clinical-practice lens.

  4. 4

    Recommend

    Prioritized findings, business impact and next steps.

Work

How I work, in practice.

A sample of the Review deliverable, alongside real workflow and digital health work from my clinical career.

Sample Review · Fictional client

Recovering an AI scribe pilot at emergency triage

The problem
Scribe use fell from 71% to 22% of triage notes in six weeks.
What I did
Mapped the real triage workflow, ranked findings by clinical risk and adoption impact, and built a 90-day recovery plan.
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Rural emergency department

A patient-assignment workflow that became unit policy

The problem
No consistent, standard way to assign patients across shifts.
What I did
Designed the workflow and piloted it on the unit with frontline staff.

Result: Adopted as unit policy.

Digital health · Integra Medical

Clinical research, made usable for patients

The problem
Patient-facing education needed to be accurate, clear and easy to find.
What I did
Translated research into patient education and contributed to website navigation and UX.

Why it matters: the same translation a Review does, from clinical detail to clear decisions.

Private aesthetics practice

Digital workflows, built from the owner's side

The problem
An independent practice needed intake, consultation and documentation workflows.
What I did
Built the client base and set up digital intake, consultation and documentation.

Why it matters: I've run clinical workflows as the operator, not just the end user.

About

Built from frontline practice, and the work of translating it.

Eight years of frontline emergency nursing across four hospitals in two provinces, plus perioperative care, specialty work in fertility and medical aesthetics, and earlier work in long-term care.

I've been on the receiving end of technology rollouts. Every day I see how tools land with physicians, nurses, allied health and clerical staff, and when teams adopt them or work around them.

I've also taught human anatomy at Fanshawe College and published clinical research, so I'm used to making complex material clear.

Capability statement and service overviews →
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What are you building, testing or preparing to roll out?

Book a complimentary 20-minute intro to see whether a focused engagement makes sense. No prep needed.

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  • Canada & U.S. remote
  • CAD & USD invoicing
  • NDA-friendly
  • No PHI access required
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