The Lor-1 API/clinical-grade AI.
A REST + streaming API for the South African clinical foundation model. Differentials, guideline retrieval, clinical summarisation, and structured extraction — with the safety scaffolding clinical software needs.
curl https://api.uselorraine.co.za/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $LORRAINE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "lor-1",
"messages": [
{"role": "system", "content": "You are a clinical reasoning assistant."},
{"role": "user", "content": "Differential for acute chest pain in a 45yo smoker?"}
],
"cite_sources": true
}'- Surface
- REST + streaming
- Auth
- Bearer API key
- Compat
- OpenAI-shaped
- Latency
- INT4 + speculative
Capabilities
What Lor-1 does well.
Four primitives, all benchmark-evaluated on SA clinical questions before they ship. Compose them into the workflow your users already know.
Differential generation
Structured, ranked differentials with pre-test probability reasoning and red-flag escalation.
Guideline retrieval
Hybrid RAG over SA clinical guidelines + international evidence bases.
Clinical summarisation
Turn a long handover note into a structured clerking summary.
Structured extraction
Extract medications, labs, diagnoses as typed JSON — EHR-ready.
Lorraine Platform · FAQ
The practical questions.
From the blog
What we're writing about Platform.
15 Apr 2026 · 9 min read
Lor-1 v1.0 is GA
What we shipped: a production clinical reasoning model for source-aware South African healthcare workflows.
Read10 Apr 2026 · 5 min read
Platform API · public beta
REST + streaming access to Lor-1, TS and Python SDKs, and usage-based pricing. Here is how to integrate in an afternoon.
Read22 Mar 2026 · 6 min read
How we publish model cards
Our disclosure framework: clear intended use, safety posture, known limitations, and controlled technical appendices.
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