# Tellescope

> Tellescope is a HIPAA-compliant digital health platform that unifies patient communication, intake, scheduling, and workflow automation into a single, developer-friendly system. Built for digital health startups and modern clinics, it lets care teams reach patients across SMS, email, chat, and video, automate repetitive workflows without code, and plug into EHRs and clinical tools through an API-first architecture - so teams can launch faster and scale personalized care without stitching together generic sales software.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** New York, New York, United States
- **Founders:** Sebastian Coates (CEO & Co-founder), Derek Strauss (COO & Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~13 employees
- **Products:** Patient Engagement & CRM, Healthcare Communication Platform, Patient Intake, Workflow Automation, White-Label Telemedicine
- **Notable:** Selected for Techstars '20 and the UnitedHealthcare accelerator., Backed by StartUp Health., Achieved SOC 2 certification and HIPAA-compliant infrastructure.

## Products & services

- **Patient Engagement & CRM** — A HIPAA-compliant patient relationship manager that centralizes context, tasks, and communications so care teams can see everything about a patient in one place.
- **Healthcare Communication Platform** — Unified multi-channel messaging - SMS, email, secure in-app chat, and video - that reaches patients on their preferred channel.
- **Patient Intake** — Smart digital intake flows that capture patient data, consent, and insurance with intelligent forms that reduce manual entry.
- **Workflow Automation** — Drag-and-drop, no-code automation for internal operations and external patient engagement.
- **White-Label Telemedicine** — A brandable telehealth platform for synchronous and asynchronous virtual care.
- **API & Integrations** — An API-first architecture with EHR and clinical-tool integrations that let teams extend and embed the platform.

## Achievements

- Selected for Techstars '20 and the UnitedHealthcare accelerator.
- Backed by StartUp Health.
- Achieved SOC 2 certification and HIPAA-compliant infrastructure.
- Powers patient engagement for named digital health companies including Octave, Fella Health, and Anise Health.
- Completed a full rebrand described by the founder as 'years in the making.'

## Latest updates

- **2024-04** — Tellescope completed a rebrand that co-founder Sebastian Coates described as 'years in the making.'
- **2024-01** — Published its annual Digital Health Resource Lists for 2024.
- **2025-01** — Released guides on top digital health accelerators and must-join communities for 2025.

## Links

- Website: https://www.tellescope.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tellescope
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/tellescope

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Last updated: 2026-07-02