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Think Research

Think Research is a Toronto healthcare technology company that turns clinical evidence into decision-support software — digital order sets and care pathways used by hospitals, clinics and long-term care homes. Founded in 2006 by intensivist Dr. Chris O'Connor, it has been led since a 2014 management buyout by CEO Sachin Aggarwal.

Health TechTorontoFounded 2006thinkresearch.com
1,100clients and just over 200 staff as described on the TechTO stage 2018-06-18TechTO stage 2018-06-18
18Mpatient interactions accumulated as of June 2018, most of them in the preceding 18 monthsTechTO stage 2018-06-18

The people

What they build

Clinical decision supportEvidence-based order sets, care pathways and decision tools embedded in clinical workflow.Product page ↗

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About

The company began with a clinical observation: handwritten, unstructured orders for ICU patients were slow and error-prone, and the airline industry had already solved a version of that problem with checklists. Think Research turns evidence and clinical best practice into software-based decision algorithms so doctors, nurses and pharmacists work from a standardised, current baseline. Its customers are the organisations chasing better outcomes and clinical standardisation — hospitals, clinics, long-term care. Aggarwal, a University of Toronto-trained lawyer with an MBA from Rotman, completed a management buyout in 2014 that made him the largest shareholder, and won Canada's Top 40 Under 40 in 2017. He remains CEO.

Backers

Beedie Capital has acquired Think Research Corporation; the company was previously publicly traded.

Some figures are founder-stated, not independently confirmed

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Quick answers

What does Think Research do?

It converts clinical evidence and best practice into software — order sets, pathways and decision tools — so clinicians make standardised, evidence-based decisions at the point of care.

Who runs it?

Sachin Aggarwal has been CEO since a 2014 management buyout; the current leadership page also lists Mark Sakamoto as president.

Where did the idea come from?

Founder Dr. Chris O'Connor, an intensivist, saw that handwritten ICU orders were slow and error-prone, and borrowed the airline industry's checklist discipline.

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