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David's mother has diabetes. She speaks Cantonese. David was born in Toronto and speaks just enough to help, but when her doctor hands over printed instructions in English, he's the one at the kitchen table that night trying to figure out what “titrate as tolerated” means.
What if you didn't need to speak the language or understand the jargon to get good care?
Sana’s son Rahim has asthma. Three specialists, a daily inhaler, blood work every few months, and every time one appointment moves, everything else cascades. Sana tracks it all from her phone, between school pickups and work. There is no shared record. There is Sana.
What if the person holding it all together had something holding them up?
Amara moved to Calgary eight months ago and was diagnosed with breast cancer before she even found a family doctor. She needs an oncologist, a surgeon, and a genetic counsellor in a city where she doesn't know anyone who's been through this.
What if a new city didn’t mean facing the worst moment of your life without a map?
Frank was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes three months ago. His doctor talked about A1C levels, metformin, and lifestyle changes. Frank nodded. His follow up is next week and he doesn’t know enough to know what to ask.
What if you could walk into every appointment knowing what matters?
Claire got food poisoning on vacation in Lisbon. Normally not a big deal, except she takes three daily medications and is allergic to a common antibiotic. The ER doctor needed to know what he could safely prescribe. Claire, feverish and exhausted, couldn’t remember.
What if your health story could travel with you?
You and your family’s medications, records, test results, and notes, clearly organized in one place.
Read medical reports in plain language, in your language. Not sure what something means? Just ask.
Bring complete, organized context to every visit. Know what to bring, and walk in with the right questions, even if you're not sure where to start.
Share the right information with caregivers and clinicians, so everyone's on the same page.
Norman founded CareChorus after experiencing the healthcare system from both sides — as a cancer survivor in his twenties, and later watching family and friends struggle with fragmented records, medical jargon and not knowing what to ask. The tools he'd spent his career building helped doctors see patient data clearly. Nothing existed to help patients and caregivers see their own care clearly.
That career spans 25 years in healthcare software, from early digital radiology to MRI systems. In 2005, he founded ClearCanvas, an open-source medical imaging platform still used by clinicians around the world. In 2021, the American College of Radiology recognized his contributions with their Global Humanitarian Award.
He founded CareChorus Health Foundation to bring that same clarity to the people who need it most. The goal: a system where patients are heard, information flows, and care works as a team.