What should we bring to a first conversation?
Describe the task, intended users, current systems and the point where a person must review the output. Share data types and constraints, not patient records or credentials. We can then define the discovery and evaluation work.
How will we know whether it works?
Evaluate criterion extraction, evidence matching, false exclusions and reviewer agreement on an appropriate test set.
The deliverable should include test cases, observed failure modes and a documented decision about whether to proceed.
What needs to connect?
Approved research data sources, trial management systems and review worklists; access, consent and permitted use are assessed for the study.
Confirm permissions, environment access, data ownership and failure handling before estimating the integration effort.
What happens after a pilot?
Agree a staged rollout, monitoring ownership, human escalation and rollback procedures. Clinical use, regulatory review and organisational approvals depend on the intended application; they are not implied by a working demonstration.