We believe the current state of the US Health System is sub-par, but doesn't need to be. Despite the world's most renowned doctors and hospitals, and enormous investment (twice as much per individual as any other country in the world), the US ranks 37th in healthcare efficacy according to the World Health Organization. We can do better simply by getting critical information to the right people at the right time and involving patients in their own care. Drawing from experience in other more automated industries, and combining the principles of open standards and open source, we seek to enable providers' access to the data from their legacy systems facilitating new integrated applications and the future of true health information exchange. Our vision is to connect all of the parties in the Health ecosystem safely and securely.

On a personal note: my mother, my husband and I have gone years without proper diagnoses of chronic and acute illnesses that led to failing health and reduced quality of life. Through it all, we saw many doctors at some of the best hospitals in the world. We are all insured by private insurance, a rarity to be sure, but only one of us had most of our costs covered by our insurance. I am convinced that if all the doctors had all the same information, the diagnoses would have come more quickly. Furthermore, if we had our own information, we could have done better research, found more support groups, and become well faster.

While better connectivity is not the solution to all the woes in our healthcare system, it does give us the means to start making things better. The power to change starts with information. Let's get the information where it needs to go, and start making significant change.