Clinical Avatar

Startup

Clinical Avatar transforms healthcare conversations through emotionally intelligent AI avatars that scale compassionate care.

We're addressing Australia's advance care planning crisis, where only 6% of older Australians have accessible plans despite 90% believing it's important. Traditional facilitation costs $400-1,000+ per plan requiring multiple consultations with highly trained professionals - an unsustainable bottleneck.

Founded by Adjunct Professor Charlie Corke OAM, our AI avatars guide patients through values-based conversations, producing clear care preference statements and letters to families. Our facilitator-mediated model combines AI efficiency with human support, with trained volunteers provide technical assistance whilst the avatar conducts substantive conversations. This maintains accessibility across digital literacy levels whilst scaling without proportional staffing increases.

We're demonstrating feasibility to scale nationally in 2026. Our technology can augment any important but repetitive healthcare conversation, improving patient experiences while freeing clinicians for irreplaceable human expertise.

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