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Precision Analgesia

The Active Safety Net
for Inpatient Opioid Prescribing

A SMART on FHIR Clinical Decision Support engine that intercepts dangerous opioid orders before they reach the patient — designed to embed silently inside Epic and Cerner.

🏥 Enterprise B2B SaaS 🔬 FDA Non-Device CDS Exempt 💊 Opioid Safety
CONFIDENTIAL — FOR INVESTOR REVIEW ONLY
Precision Analgesia
The Problem
The Inpatient Opioid Blind Spot

Hospitals are writing opioid orders without a safety net.

$78.5B
Annual U.S. economic burden of prescription opioid misuse, abuse, and dependence
Florence et al., Medical Care 2016
$303M
Single "Failure to Monitor" verdict (Asante Rogue Regional). Malpractice is now a nine-figure systemic threat.
Oregon Court of Appeals, 2023
46%
Floor patients experience opioid-induced respiratory depression. Manual nursing checks miss the vast majority.
PRODIGY Trial, Anesthesia & Analgesia (2020)

Alert Fatigue Is the Norm

Epic's native drug-safety warnings are dismissed 70–90% of the time (JAMIA). Clinicians have been trained to click past them. The system meant to protect patients has been optimized away.

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Settlement Abatement Funds — Eligible Use

Exhibit E of the National Opioid Settlement explicitly lists point-of-care decision support as an approved abatement use. Hospitals can apply for funding through state and county abatement programs.

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Root Cause
Why Existing Tools Fail

The difference between reactive and proactive.

Status Quo

The Passive Calculator

Doctor must consciously remember to open MDCalc or a calculator app
Manually types in creatinine, weight, opioid doses — 45 seconds of friction
Used only 5% of the time. Used in the cafeteria, not at the bedside.
Boolean alerts ("MME > 90") dismissed in under 1 second
No pharmacogenomics, cross-tolerance, or organ-specific gating
Result
Optional. Ignored. Liability.
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The Active Safety Net

Silently monitors CPOE in the background via CDS Hooks
Auto-pulls weight, labs, meds from FHIR — zero manual entry
Intercepts dangerous orders at the moment of signing
Returns specific, actionable guidance (not just "warning")
CYP2D6 pharmacogenomics, OIRD scoring, renal/hepatic gating
Result
Automatic. Specific. Defensible.
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The Solution
How It Works

A three-layer engine embedded in every opioid order.

Layer 1 — Built

FHIR Ingestion

Patient context auto-loads via SMART on FHIR OAuth. Pulls age, weight, creatinine, active meds, allergies, genotype panel. Zero manual entry.

R4 PatientObservationMedicationRequest
Layer 2 — Built

Clinical Pipeline

10 deterministic safety rules plus OIRD risk scoring, MME thresholds, pharmacogenomic guidance, and CDC naloxone prompts — all in <100ms.

CDS HooksPRODIGYCDC 2022
Layer 3 — Scaffolded

FHIR Write-Back

1-click "Draft Order" injects safe alternative into Epic's CPOE cart. "Export to Chart" writes a billable consult note as a DocumentReference.

MedicationRequest POSTDocumentReference
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The Traceability Ledger — Our FDA Criterion 4 Shield
Every recommendation shows the exact formula, conversion factor, and guideline citation. The clinician can independently verify the math. This is legally defensible — not a black box.
FDA Non-Device CDS
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Product
Clinical Modules

Six tools. One workflow. Zero new logins.

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Risk Assessment

OME/MME calculator, OIRD risk tier (PRODIGY-aligned), organ dose gating, naloxone prompt at ≥50 MME, manual data override form.

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Opioid Tapering

CDC 2022 taper schedule generator. 10%/2-week protocol. One-click copy to EHR note.

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OUD Consult

BUPE/methadone/naltrexone protocols. COWS, DSM-5, aberrant behavior screening. Auto-structured consult note.

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Patch Conversion

Transdermal fentanyl/buprenorphine calculators with organ-adjusted dosing. Prevents the most common ICU conversion error.

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Screening Suite

DAST-10, ASSIST, ORT with sex-adjusted scoring. Reads FHIR nursing flowsheets before prompting manual entry.

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IV Infusion

PCA 1-hr/4-hr limit calculator. Continuous drip converter with renal-adjusted dosing. Prevents common ICU programming errors.

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Manual Override Form — "Dirty Data Defense"
Clinicians correct/supplement FHIR data in real-time. 6 sections, EHR/Manual/Missing badges.
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Copy-to-Note Workflow
All outputs copy as structured clinical text. Paste into Epic note. Citrix/VDI compatible.
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Defensibility
Regulatory & Security Moats

We bypassed the two graveyards before we started building.

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The FDA Moat
Non-Device CDS Exemption

FDA's January 2026 guidance created a "Non-Device CDS" exemption for deterministic rules a clinician can independently verify. Our Traceability Ledger satisfies Criterion 4 — engineered from day one.

Saves ~$2M + 2 Years
vs. 510(k) SaMD clearance required for AI/ML competitors
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The CISO Moat
Zero-PHI Architecture

All calculations happen in-memory, discarded after the HTTP response. No database. No PHI at rest. No HIPAA BAA complexity. Every hospital CISO's nightmare — a data breach — is architecturally impossible.

Ships past security review in weeks, not years
The Integration Moat
SMART on FHIR + CDS Hooks

We embed natively via Epic's published APIs. We never ask hospitals to change their workflows. Once a validated clinical system is integrated, hospital IT will never unwind it.

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The Funding Moat
Settlement-Funded Sales

Point-of-care CDS is an Exhibit E eligible use of National Opioid Settlement abatement funds. Qualifying hospitals can pay with settlement money — easing the capital budget conversation.

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Market
Total Addressable Market

A massive, underserved acute care opportunity.

TAM
$6.8B
U.S. hospital CDS / patient safety software market (2026)
SAM
$1.4B
Inpatient opioid safety & analgesic stewardship software segment
SOM (Year 3)
$87M
350 hospital systems × $250K ARR — conservative 6% share

Addressable Hospital Universe

Total U.S. acute care hospitals6,090
Epic-affiliated hospitals~2,800
Hospitals with opioid settlement exposure~4,100
Hospitals with active abatement funds~1,200

Why Now — Four Simultaneous Tailwinds

FDA Jan 2026 guidance created a clear non-device exemption path
Settlement abatement funds (Exhibit E eligible use) defuse budget objections
Epic App Orchard actively recruits SMART on FHIR CDS partners
CMS opioid quality metrics now tied to hospital reimbursement
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Competition
Competitive Landscape

We thread the needle between every incumbent.

CompetitorApproachFatal WeaknessOur Wedge
Epic / FDB Alerts
Native EHR
Boolean pop-ups on every order 70–90% dismiss rate (JAMIA). Alert fatigue is a clinical crisis. Multi-factor engine. Specific. Override-documented.
MDCalc / UpToDate
SMART calculators
Reactive reference the doctor must launch 5% usage rate. Used in the cafeteria, not the CPOE. Proactive. Monitors CPOE silently. Fires before the order is signed.
Bamboo / NarxCare
PDMP database
Narx Score from retail pharmacy fills Outpatient only. Useless for ICU. Black-box backlash. Owns inpatient. Transparent math. Works where NarxCare doesn't.
AI/ML CDS Startups
Predictive AI
ML overdose risk models, hundreds of EHR variables FDA 2026 requires 510(k). $2M+ / 2 years. CISOs refuse. Deterministic. Non-SaMD. CISO-safe. Pre-cleared.
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SMART on FHIR CDS
Proactive CDS Hook engine, FHIR auto-population, deterministic transparent math Inpatient. Proactive. Non-Device CDS. CISO-safe. Settlement-funded.
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Business Model
Revenue

From an iOS beta to a $250K/year hospital contract.

Primary Revenue

Enterprise SaaS — Health System Licensing

$150K–$350K
Annual contract per hospital system — priced as a fraction of one prevented malpractice verdict.
Implementation & onboarding$15–30K one-time
Base SaaS license$120–250K/yr
Pharmacogenomics tier+$50K/yr
Settlement documentation+$25K/yr
Secondary Revenue

iOS App — Individual Clinicians

Currently free (TestFlight beta). Serves as top-of-funnel — a hospital's CMO downloads the app, uses it at home, champions the enterprise integration. Freemium → institutional subscription path.

Unit Economics (Per Hospital System)

Avg. single preventable opioid verdict$8–15M
Annual cost of our integration$150–350K
Hospital ROI (1 prevented event / 10 yrs)~30x
Settlement abatement eligibilityExhibit E

Go-To-Market Motion

1
Epic App Orchard → inbound discovery from 2,800 hospital network
2
CMIO champion path — iOS app creates awareness, CMIO requests enterprise eval
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Settlement framing — hospital legal identifies abatement funding, kills budget objection
4
Shadow Mode — 90-day silent run proves error detection rate before go-live
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Traction
Where We Are Today

Engine built. Ready for the track.

21,000+
Lines of production code (frontend + backend)
25
Clinical React components (6 major workflow modules)
18/18
Backend clinical logic tests passing (pytest)
15
Clinical API endpoints (rate limited + JWT auth)

✅ Built & Verified

Full SMART on FHIR R4 patient context ingestion
10-rule Safety Engine + OIRD scoring, OME/MME, renal/hepatic, pharmacogenomics
WCAG 2.1 A accessibility (screen readers, keyboard nav, VDI-compliant)
Rate limiting + JWT token validation on every clinical route
FHIR Write-Back scaffolding (MedicationRequest + DocumentReference)
iOS app in TestFlight beta with real clinical users

🚀 Next 30 Days (Post-Seed)

Generate JWKS keys → register at fhir.epic.com
Prove FHIR R4 on Epic Sandbox synthetic patients
Wire FHIR Write-Back → live 1-click Naloxone co-prescribing
AKI trending — last 3 creatinine values, not just today's
Submit to Epic App Orchard — activate inbound discovery
Sign first pilot hospital for Shadow Mode deployment
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The Ask
Fundraise

Seed Round — putting tires on the Ferrari.

Raising
$2.5M
Seed Round — 18-month runway to first signed hospital contracts

Use of Funds

Epic Sandbox → Production Integration$600K (24%)
Clinical Validation & Pilot Hospital$700K (28%)
Engineering (AKI, CDS Hooks, Write-Back)$750K (30%)
Enterprise Sales & CMIO Outreach$450K (18%)

18-Month Milestones

Month 3
Epic Sandbox registration, JWKS keys, FHIR R4 synthetic test passing
Month 6
First pilot hospital signed. Shadow Mode live. CDS Hooks on medication-prescribe.
Month 9
Shadow Mode data proves error detection rate. First $250K contract signed. App Orchard listed.
Month 18
5+ hospital contracts. Series A raise. SOC 2 Type II audit.
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The Settlement-Funded Sales Insight

Where settlement abatement funding applies, hospitals pay for our integration without a capital budget approval. This compresses an 18-month enterprise sales cycle to 4–6 months. Our seed capital funds us to the first 5 settlement-funded contracts.

The Verdict

You are not buying a calculator.
You are buying a hospital safety mandate.

Every hospital without this tool is writing opioid orders without a safety net. One prevented verdict pays for 50 years of our contract. The clinical engine is built. The regulatory path is clear. The settlement funds are ready.

Website
precision.lifelinemedtech.org
iOS Beta
TestFlight
Company
Lifeline Medical Technologies
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