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Standardizing the Systems That Support the Practice of Medicine

“Our mission is not to standardize the practice of medicine. The practice of medicine will always require individualized clinical judgment. Our mission is to standardize the systems that support the practice of medicine.”

Medicine has always relied upon the judgment, experience, and expertise of physicians caring for individual patients. That should never change.

Yet the systems that support the practice of medicine often vary considerably. Clinical information may be fragmented, workflows inconsistent, communication incomplete, and opportunities for patient optimization overlooked. These variations place unnecessary burdens on clinicians and contribute to delays, inefficiencies, and inconsistent patient preparation.

HelpAI was founded on the belief that while medical judgment must remain individualized, the systems that support physicians can – and should – be standardized.

Through Surgical Population Management, HelpAI and HelpAI Medical Group combine clinical workflow augmentation with physician-directed medical services to deliver standardized preprocedural medical evaluations that strengthen care coordination, improve procedural readiness, and support informed medical decision making.

Technology enables this process, but it does not define it. Clinicians remain responsible for clinical judgment, medical decision making, and patient care. Our role is to build the clinical infrastructure that allows those decisions to be made more efficiently, more consistently, and with the best available clinical information.

HelpAI Origin Story

HelpAI was officially founded in 2025, but the ideas behind the company began taking shape more than fifteen years earlier.

What began as a physician’s commitment to improve procedural care evolved through years of clinical practice, perioperative leadership, value-based care, and population health experience. Along the way, it became increasingly clear that procedural care lacked the clinical infrastructure needed to consistently support procedural readiness, patient optimization, care coordination, and informed site-of-service decision making.

Rather than asking clinicians to change how they practice medicine, HelpAI was designed to strengthen existing workflows by transforming fragmented longitudinal clinical information into standardized preprocedural medical evaluations that support independent medical judgment, clinician review, and physician accountability.

Built in operating rooms, preprocedural clinics, health systems, and boardrooms not in a technology incubator—HelpAI reflects decades of real-world clinical and operational experience. Artificial intelligence did not define the vision; it became the enabling technology that allows a proven workflow to be delivered consistently, efficiently, and at scale.

Today, HelpAI provides the clinical infrastructure that supports Surgical Population Management through clinician-centered workflow augmentation, enabling clinicians, health systems, procedural facilities, health plans, and employers to deliver more coordinated, consistent, and patient-centered procedural care.

Dr. Perrin Jones
Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Perrin Jones is a board certified anesthesiologist, healthcare executive, and Founder & Chief Executive Officer of HelpAI. Throughout his career, he has focused on improving procedural care through clinical innovation, operational excellence, and value-based healthcare delivery.

He helped found and lead one of the original CMS Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organizations in McAllen, Texas, providing firsthand experience in population health, care coordination, and healthcare transformation. Dr. Jones has served as President of the North Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists, held executive leadership positions within one of North Carolina’s largest independent anesthesia practices, served in the North Carolina General Assembly, and currently serves on the University of North Carolina Board of Trustees.

Drawing on more than fifteen years of clinical, operational, and strategic leadership, Dr. Jones developed the clinical concepts and workflow models that form the foundation of HelpAI’s approach to Surgical Population Management. His work focuses on building the clinical infrastructure that enables standardized preprocedural medical evaluations, workflow augmentation, patient optimization, and clinician directed procedural care while preserving independent medical judgment and physician accountability.

John Weaver
Co-Founder & Strategic Advisor

John Weaver is Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor to HelpAI, where he helps guide the company’s strategic direction, commercialization strategy, and business development initiatives.

Working closely with the executive team, John has played a central role in shaping HelpAI’s market strategy, strategic partnerships, and long-term growth. His experience in healthcare business development, organizational strategy, and healthcare innovation complements HelpAI’s clinical leadership, helping translate a proven clinical model into scalable solutions for health systems, procedural facilities, health plans, employers, and other organizations committed to improving procedural care.

John’s leadership has been instrumental in positioning HelpAI as the clinical infrastructure supporting Surgical Population Management through standardized preprocedural medical evaluations and clinician-centered workflow augmentation.