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Graeme Downes

Co-founder, Practice Better

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Graeme Downes co-founded Practice Better, the Toronto practice-management software company for health and wellness professionals, with Nathalie Garcia. A December 2023 company blog interview named him co-founder and chief technology officer and described how he vetted the product's AI charting assistant, asking how the tool was trained and who could access client data.

Graeme hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Graeme co-founded Practice Better, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Did Graeme Downes co-found Practice Better?

Yes. That Clean Life's blog post of July 25, 2023, announcing its acquisition by Practice Better, says that when Nathalie Garcia could not find the software she needed, "she and her partner, Graeme Downes, created Practice Better." Practice Better's own blog, in an interview published December 12, 2023, calls him "Practice Better's co-founder and Chief Technology Officer".

What is his role at Practice Better?

Practice Better's blog interview published December 12, 2023 identified him as co-founder and Chief Technology Officer. No company page checked on September 23, 2026 confirmed his current title, so this profile lists him as co-founder.

How did he approach AI in the product?

In the same December 12, 2023 Practice Better interview, he said the question when picking an AI tool and use case was "how is this thing being trained and who has access to it?" The post says practitioners in early testing of the AI Charting Assistant saw note-taking time decrease by half.

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