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Dr Robert Laidlaw

Consulting

Medical Technology

Clinician-built health technology — product strategy, governance-first design, and AI integration done with audit trails rather than after-the-fact apologies.

What this covers

Most digital health products fail in regulated markets because workflow, medico-legal context, and monitoring were treated as afterthoughts. I work with founders, clinical operators, and investors on product decisions where the clinical voice has to be credible: how AI fits into the consultation without removing the clinician, how integrations across Halaxy, e-prescribing, e-signature, and RTPM systems are architected, how to choose between building software in-house and buying generic SaaS, and how to design a product that regulators will not have to retrofit later.

Who it is for

  • Health-tech founders who do not yet have a senior clinician on the team and need one before a regulator, investor, or customer asks for one.
  • Clinical operators looking to in-source software rather than depend on generic SaaS that does not fit their compliance load.
  • Investors evaluating Australian health-tech assets pre-investment, especially where AI features are central to the value story.
  • Medicinal cannabis and aesthetic-medicine operators integrating AI scribes, documentation tooling, or patient-engagement automations into a regulated workflow.

Typical deliverables

  • Product and roadmap review for clinician-facing software — EHR, telehealth, documentation, e-prescribing, and SaMD candidates.
  • AI-in-clinical-workflow design — drift monitoring, clinician override surfaces, and named accountability mapping.
  • Integration architecture across Halaxy, BoldSign or DocuSign, calendaring, RTPM, and e-prescribing platforms.
  • Build-vs-buy analysis for clinical operators with specific compliance and workflow requirements.
  • Founder-clinician advisory for early-stage health-tech, including investor materials that are credible to clinical reviewers.

Why Dr Rob

Builds and runs production health-tech in his own clinical operations — Claims Doctor's Calendly to BoldSign to Halaxy to Attio pipeline is a working reference architecture, not a slide deck. AI-native operator who works with Claude, OpenAI, and self-hosted models inside compliance constraints daily. Health Data Research Pty Ltd is the R&D vehicle that supports this work and gives clients a structured engagement route.

Engagements are delivered through Health Data Research Pty Ltd. For enquiries, use the contact page and select the business or partnerships route.

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