# HealthEx

> HealthEx is a San Francisco healthcare technology company building a patient consent and preference platform that lets individuals authenticate, access, and share their comprehensive health records in real time - while giving health systems a way to enforce granular consent across the care journey. Founded in 2024 by physician Priyanka Agarwal and engineer Anand Raghavan, it raised $14M led by General Catalyst and operates under the federal TEFCA framework, connecting patients to most U.S. care providers through partners like Epic, athenahealth, CLEAR, and CommonWell.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Priyanka Agarwal (Co-Founder & CEO (MD, MBA; previously UCSF and MyoKardia, acquired by Bristol Myers Squibb)), Anand Raghavan (Co-Founder & CTO (founding team and VP of Engineering at BlueJeans, acquired by Verizon; ex-Microsoft, ex-Yahoo))
- **Team size:** ~32-49 employees
- **Products:** Patient Consent & Preference Platform, AI Consent Agents (Co-pilots), Patient Health Record Access (Individual Access Services), Identity & Data Sharing Network
- **Notable:** Launched in October 2024 with $14M led by General Catalyst., Among the first platforms to enable patient-directed, real-time health record access under TEFCA., Turned on patient-directed access with Epic, reaching ~1,500 hospitals and 34,000 clinics.

## Products & services

- **Patient Consent & Preference Platform** — Transforms consent from a one-dimensional, paper-bound process into a programmable platform. Data and compliance administrators can enforce granular consents, run AI-assisted risk assessments of existing consents, and maintain immutable audit logs.
- **AI Consent Agents (Co-pilots)** — AI agents help clinical staff generate and review consents for different use cases across the care journey, reducing manual effort and supporting compliance review.
- **Patient Health Record Access (Individual Access Services)** — Lets individuals authenticate their identity and consent to receive, view, and share their comprehensive health records in real time under TEFCA. Supports CCDA and FHIR exchange, with one-click revocations and transparency over who accessed data.
- **Identity & Data Sharing Network** — Secure identity verification (via CLEAR, NIST IAL2/AAL2) and consent-based sharing of records with providers, plans, apps, and AI agents across an interoperable network connecting most U.S. care providers.

## Achievements

- Launched in October 2024 with $14M led by General Catalyst.
- Among the first platforms to enable patient-directed, real-time health record access under TEFCA.
- Turned on patient-directed access with Epic, reaching ~1,500 hospitals and 34,000 clinics.
- Built an Apple Wallet-style experience for patient data control with NIST IAL2/AAL2 identity verification.

## Latest updates

- **2024-10** — HealthEx launches publicly with $14M in Seed and Series A funding led by General Catalyst, with Electric Capital.
- **2025-08** — Launches platform for real-time, patient-authenticated health record access under TEFCA with CLEAR, athenahealth, MedAllies, and CommonWell.
- **2025-09** — Early adopter access to patient health records begins.
- **2025** — Epic and HealthEx turn on patient-directed access to medical records, expanding reach to ~1,500 hospitals and 34,000 clinics.

## Links

- Website: https://healthex.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/healthex1

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Last updated: 2026-06-15