HealthEx Raises $14M led by General Catalyst to Empower Patients and Health Systems to do more with Health Data

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HealthEx, a team of healthcare and technology veterans building a global consumer preference and consent platform for healthcare to unlock data access, launched today and announced $14M in Seed and Series A funding. The company's financing round is led by General Catalyst, with participation by Electric Capital.

HealthEx's latest funding will accelerate the expansion of its AI-powered platform. The company will scale development to simplify integrating the patient voice across all healthcare activities, while simultaneously automating the manual burden of security and compliance processes needed in the increasingly complex landscape of health data access.

The HealthEx solution is one of the first AI platforms that enables healthcare organizations to easily create, collect, and enforce patient consent and preferences, and allow health systems to fulfill their roles as trusted stewards of patient data. Healthcare organizations can enhance the patient experience, boost operational efficiency, increase compliance, and unlock new data licensing opportunities.

"As health systems embark on a new era of AI-driven care, one area ripe for disruption is analog consent and data access processes that leave consumers unsure of their choices and health systems open to security and compliance risks," said Stephen Klasko, MD, special advisor with General Catalyst and former CEO of Thomas Jefferson Health. "By enabling ethical access to proprietary health data, HealthEx can help organizations maintain patient trust and transform their operations to generate greater value through their health data."

Healthcare organizations face new complexities in data use and licensing. Patients ...