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How Thrive's AI solution streamlined the review of a complex personal injury case handled by Dr. Shaun Carstairs, a triple board-certified medical expert witness.
Overview
Medical expert witnesses are essential in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, yet outdated manual methods for reviewing records slow them down and increase the risk of errors. Thrive Data’s AI platform automates record review, enabling faster, more accurate, and more scalable workflows. This case study highlights how Dr. Shaun Carstairs, a triple board-certified expert, transformed his review process using Thrive.
“Thrive exceeded my expectations."
Shaun Carstairs, MD FACEP FACMT
The Problem
Expert witnesses face enormous workloads, often reviewing thousands of pages of medical records, lab results, and legal documents. These tasks—building chronologies, verifying toxicology findings, and preparing detailed reports—demand precision but consume hours or days when done manually.
For Dr. Carstairs, a personal injury case involving a patient with catastrophic injuries required reviewing nearly 2,000 pages of records. Manually, building a chronology, identifying injuries, and verifying toxicology details would have taken many hours, limiting his ability to take on additional cases while increasing the risk of missed details and delayed communication with legal teams.
"I came in looking for a simple medical timeline and left with insights that would have taken me hours to uncover manually.”
Shaun Carstairs, MD FACEP FACMT
The Solution
Thrive Data’s AI platform streamlined Dr. Carstairs’ workflow by processing the 2,000-page case in minutes. The system generated a complete, hyperlink-enabled medical chronology, confirmed lab and toxicology findings instantly, and surfaced additional insights such as follow-up surgeries and contextual details about the incident.
With Thrive, Dr. Carstairs:
Cut review time from hours to minutes, freeing capacity for more cases.
Improved accuracy with citation-backed extractions.
Gained deeper insights beyond a simple chronology, including critical contextual details.
Demonstrated scalability, handling complex cases without sacrificing quality.
He described the experience as exceeding expectations, noting that what he initially sought—a basic medical timeline—was enhanced with insights that would have taken hours to uncover manually. Thrive allowed him to meet deadlines confidently while expanding his capacity to take on more work.