Helping Canadians navigate their health with clarity.

MediGuide is a free AI-powered health information platform designed specifically for Canadians. We help you understand your symptoms in plain English, decode confusing medical documents, identify which specialist to see, and find your way through the Canadian healthcare system — without the overwhelm.

Why we built MediGuide

The Canadian healthcare system is one of the best in the world — but navigating it can be deeply confusing. Millions of Canadians receive lab results they don't understand, experience symptoms they can't explain, or get discharged from the ER without a clear picture of what happened or what to do next. The median wait from a GP referral to the start of treatment is 28.6 weeks. A lot can go wrong — or go unaddressed — in that time.

MediGuide was created to bridge that information gap. Not to replace doctors — they are irreplaceable — but to make sure that every Canadian, regardless of their background, education, or location, can show up to their appointment better informed, ask the right questions, and understand the answers they receive.

We believe that understanding your own health is a right, not a privilege.

Meet the founder

Rishi Mohan

Founder & Editor

Pharmacy & medical degree

Rishi Mohan is the founder of MediGuide. With a background in pharmacy and a medical degree, he spent years close to the front lines of healthcare — and kept seeing the same thing happen. People would leave an appointment, or the pharmacy counter, unsure of what their diagnosis actually meant, which specialist they were supposed to see, or whether their symptoms were something to worry about.

He watched patients wait months for a referral with no clear sense of what to expect in the meantime, and newcomers struggle to navigate a system no one had ever explained to them. The information they needed usually existed — but it was buried in medical jargon, scattered across government websites, or locked behind a months-long wait just to ask a question.

Rishi built MediGuide to close that gap: a free, plain-language tool that helps any Canadian understand their symptoms, decode their medical documents, and work out the right next step — so they can walk into their appointment informed and walk out with clarity. MediGuide doesn't replace your doctor or pharmacist. It's designed to make the limited time you get with them count for more.

What MediGuide can — and cannot — do

We believe in being completely honest about what AI health tools can and cannot do. Here is a clear breakdown:

If you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 immediately. Do not use MediGuide as a substitute for emergency care.

How it works

MediGuide uses large language AI models provided by OpenAI to analyse symptom descriptions and medical documents. Our system returns structured, plain-English health information tailored to the Canadian healthcare context. Here is what happens behind the scenes:

All analyses include a clear disclaimer reminding you that the information provided is not a medical diagnosis and should not replace consultation with a licensed Canadian physician.

Who MediGuide is for

Our values

AI & technology

MediGuide is powered by OpenAI's large language models (GPT-4 series). These models are trained on vast amounts of medical literature and general knowledge, and are capable of understanding natural language descriptions of symptoms and interpreting common medical document formats.

We prompt these models with Canadian-specific context — including provincial healthcare structures, Canadian clinical guidelines, typical specialist referral pathways, and common Canadian lab reference ranges — to make responses relevant to life in Canada.

AI is not infallible. Language models can sometimes generate plausible-sounding but incorrect information. This is why every MediGuide result includes a medical disclaimer, and why we always encourage you to share your results with a licensed physician rather than acting on them independently.