Adult-trained clinical algorithms can perform poorly when applied to pediatric emergency triage and digital pain management. Children express symptoms differently, and historical clinical trial data overwhelmingly favors adult cohorts.
The Connected Minds Pediatric Research Collaboration
Synod IntelliCare is participating in the Connected Minds research collaboration with York University and Université de Sherbrooke, which explores fair and reliable AI in pediatric emergency care and prehospital triage. This is academic research. DDFA has not been deployed as a clinical product in this collaboration, and findings will be shared only once they are verified.
The Data Diversity and Fairness Auditor (DDFA) is a team-operated retrospective workflow that analyzes de-identified structured data and existing model outputs supplied under appropriate institutional approvals. It does not currently connect to live EHRs, ingest images or unstructured records, certify legal compliance, or provide point-of-care alerts.
Editor's note: this article was first published in August 2026. Our positioning was updated in October 2026 to reflect what Synod IntelliCare does today. We would rather tell you plainly what we can do now than promise what we have not yet built.