“PID”stands for patient.So do we.
Healthcare IT runs on pipe-delimited records. It should never become easy to forget who those records carry.
PID|1||483920^^^MRN||DOE^JANE||...The message has to arrive.
Behind every interface is someone waiting: a pharmacist filling an order, a nurse checking a result, a patient whose record has to follow them. The work is technical, but what happens when it fails is personal.
We built Pidgeon after living the go-lives, the 3 a.m. failures, and the staging databases no one trusted. The people who keep healthcare data moving deserve tools equal to what rides on it.
Pidgeon Health is a product line of Pattern Engine LLC, the legal entity on our code-signing certificate.
We use fixed rules where the standard has a clear answer, AI where it takes judgment, and we show our work either way.
The standard comes first
When the standard has a right answer, we check against it, even when a looser check would look better in a demo.
Your data stays with you
Pidgeon runs on your machine. If you use AI, you choose where it runs: on your device, on your network, or with your own API key.
Show our work
The core is MPL 2.0 licensed. We publish how our benchmark works and the facts behind each product claim.
A daily reminder, built into the brand.
The PID segment is where an HL7 message identifies the patient. We put it at the center of our name so the human purpose of interface work stays visible. And yes—spelled our way, on purpose.
People who rely on you need you to get the message. We build the tools that help make certain you did.