Decoding healthcare for aging loved ones

Caregiving, the way it should be. Lead it, together.

Birdie helps you understand your aging loved one's care and be there the way you've always wanted to. With them, not just for them. Every appointment, every hard decision, every late-night question, you walk in prepared.

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Free to start · private by design · built for real families.

You are one of more than 63 million family caregivers in America. Here is what no one prepared you for.
9 in 10
adults struggle to understand everyday health information
4 in 5
family caregivers receive no training for the medical tasks they take on
80%
of serious medical errors trace back to miscommunication
Why Birdie

You can't lead care you don't understand.

Most Americans age at home. Their doctors have minutes, not hours, and rarely the expertise aging requires. Their families become their advocates and their de facto care team.

The language leaves you behind

They tell you what they found, then send you home to look it up alone. By the time you understand the diagnosis, the next decision is already on the table.

Pieces everywhere. Picture nowhere.

Records scatter across portals, fax sheets, paper folders, and screenshots on your phone. Every visit, you start over from scratch.

Your family falls out of sync

Everyone hears something different, and one person quietly carries it all. The same updates get told over and over, the same questions keep coming back to one person.

And it all lands on you

Whatever the doctors don't explain, whatever the records don't track, whatever the family doesn't see, every gap closes through you.

Birdie is built to carry it with you.
How It Works

Understand it. Connect it. Carry it, together.

Three things Birdie does, the moment you open it.

Comprehension

Understand anything

No more guessing at midnight. Every note, document, and recommendation, what it means, not just what it says.

Continuity

Keep it together

Stop hunting through portals, faxes, and screenshots. Birdie pulls it all into one story.

Collaboration

Carry it together

You stop being the relay. Everyone in the family sees the same picture, and Birdie answers from Mom's records.

What makes Birdie different

Birdie is how you become the caregiver your loved one deserves.

Birdie is built to reason from your parent's records. Conditions, medications, visits, labs, history. Aging adults need answers built specifically for them more than any other patient. No generic answer fits. Birdie's is built for them.

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Margaret Johnson
Age 78 · the records Birdie reasons from
ConditionsAtrial fibrillation, type 2 diabetes, hypertension
Care teamDr. Reid (cardiology), Dr. Patel (primary care), Dr. Morgan (geriatrics)
RecentAblation recommendation May 18, cardiology follow-up tomorrow
HistoryAppendectomy 2018, 12 records on file
That's how Birdie connects the dots between specialists, weighs what matters at her age, and asks the questions her records call for. That is the difference between an answer and the right answer.
Who It's For

Rebuilding care, for everyone who carries it.

Families come to Birdie directly. Employers, health systems, and health plans bring Birdie to the people they serve. Same product.

For families and caregivers

Lead the care, together.

Birdie is built for you first, the daughter, the son, the spouse holding it all together. Caregiving is the work the whole system runs on.

Less fear. Less guessing. The relief of not carrying it alone.
For employers

See what your people actually carry

1 in 4 of your people is a working caregiver. Between meetings, they are coordinating doctors, fielding emergencies, carrying the worry. Most do not even call themselves a caregiver.

Support that matches what they carry. The benefit they will actually use.
For health systems

Your outcomes are won at home.

The outcomes you're paid and penalized on are decided after the patient leaves, by families managing a recovery they don't understand, and Birdie is how you reach them.

Built for fewer 30-day readmissions, higher HCAHPS, recoveries that hold.
For health plans

The family is your Star Rating.

Your aging members cost you less and trust you more when their families understand the plan. The avoidable ED visits, readmissions, and adherence gaps come from those who don't.

Built for lower MLR, higher Stars, members who stay healthier and enrolled.
Real Moments

The real moments of caregiving. This is where Birdie shows up.

When you can't be there

"I live three states away."

With Birdie: be in every visit, even when you cannot be in the room. Every record, update, and doctor's note in real time. The distance stays. The blindness goes.
A big decision ahead

"There's a surgery to decide on."

With Birdie: understand the procedure, see the personalized risks from the full history, and walk into the room with the right questions.
The risky week home

"Dad just got discharged."

With Birdie: new instructions and recovery steps, translated and organized, so the days after a hospital stay don't turn into a readmission.
A frightening diagnosis

"We just got the news."

With Birdie: make sense of an overwhelming diagnosis, know what to ask next, and get everyone on the same page.
When the whole family is in it

"Everyone is helping. Nobody is in sync."

With Birdie: one shared care circle where every family member sees the same records, hears the same updates, and shares the same questions. Updates flow once, not five times. The load stops landing on one person.
Your moment matters too

"What's yours?"

Caregiving has more hard moments than any list can capture. Tell us yours, and we will reach out. hello@askbirdie.health →
Why Birdie exists

Birdie is personal. It began with my mom: a routine procedure that turned into weeks in the ICU, and into something no family is prepared for. I am building Birdie so the next family walks in clear, walks in together, and never feels as alone as we did.

Liav Cherny, Founder of Birdie
Liav Cherny
Founder & CEO · read the full story

Birdie is built with an advisory board of medical experts and eldercare leaders, shaped by more than 100 conversations with caregivers, and tested in early clinic pilots.

Built on trust

The questions every family asks first.

HIPAA-compliant by design

Birdie is built to HIPAA standards from day one. Records are encrypted in transit and at rest, and the person you care for decides who in the family sees what.

Supports your doctors

Birdie explains and prepares. It never replaces your care team, and it draws on the sources doctors trust.

Designed for dignity

Built for older, less tech-comfortable users. Simple, respectful, and never making anyone feel frail.

Free to start

Begin free with the tools most families need. Richer features are there when you want them.

Good to know

Good questions, clear answers.

How does Birdie actually work?
Invite your family, add what you have, and ask Birdie anything, in your own words. Snap a photo of a note or lab result and it gets organized and translated. Setup takes minutes.
Where does Birdie's medical information come from?
Birdie draws on the medical foundations clinicians trust: peer-reviewed research, current clinical guidelines, and evidence-based practice. Always explained, never just cited. Always clear about what is AI and what is sourced.
Will Birdie replace talking to our doctor?
No. Birdie helps you understand and prepare, so your time with the care team is better spent. It supports the conversation, never replaces it.
How much does it cost, and when can I use it?
Free to start, with optional richer features later. Birdie is in early access now. Join the waitlist below and we will be in touch.
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