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Avocare

Avocare is a Toronto healthtech company that cuts phone volume at clinic reception desks by moving patient conversations to text, web chat and messenger, with an AI assistant handling routine requests. Vik Luthra founded it; Taylan Pince was CTO and partner.

No longer operating — No longer operating. avocare.ca stopped resolving and no successor or acquirer could be found.

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The people

What they build

AvocareDigital messaging and AI assistant for clinic reception desks
Remote CarePatient-to-clinician messaging outside the clinic, launched 2018

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About

Avocare came out of a long conversation between founder Vik Luthra and his wife, a family physician, about how much of a clinic's day disappears into the phone. The product gives reception desks two-way digital channels — SMS, web messaging, Facebook Messenger — and automates routine requests with an in-house AI assistant. It later added Remote Care, letting patients reach their doctor from wherever they are. Taylan Pince joined as CTO and partner and presented the company's AI work at TechTO's HealthTO in October 2019.

Backers

No funding round found in the coverage reviewed

Some figures are founder-stated, not independently confirmed

Quick answers

What does Avocare do?

It reduces phone volume at healthcare reception desks by giving patients text, web-chat and messenger channels, with an AI assistant automating routine requests.

Who is behind Avocare?

Vik Luthra founded it after years of conversations with his wife, a family physician. Taylan Pince joined as chief technology officer and partner to build the products.

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