ChartSpan Medical Technologies has raised $1.7 million in a round led by healthcare industry executive and investor, Don Byrne. The company will use the fresh capital to build the engineering, distribution, and marketing teams; it has raised nearly $3 million thus far.
ChartSpan allows patients to convert paper healthcare records to digital data with no manual data entry. On a mobile device, users can take a picture of their record and create a digital record. The software then extracts the data and populates each user’s electronic, personal database. Patients can request records from any doctor in less than a second, and are able to manage both their own and their entire families’ records on a smartphone. Records can be searched, based on any keyword.
“Patients have waited for more than a decade for providers to deliver on the promise of “interoperability,” said ChartSpan CEO & CoFounder JonMichial Carter. “At ChartSpan, we got tired of waiting and built technology that would empower patients to manage their own electronic healthcare records. We are excited to disrupt healthcare, moving the balance of patient data into the hands of consumers.”
Right now, ChartSpan is available for iOS devices only with Android version coming in the coming weeks.