PatientBank

PatientBank is a healthcare technology platform focused on giving patients greater access to and control over their medical information. The service was designed to help individuals gather records from doctors and hospitals, keep those records in a secure online environment, and share selected information when needed. Its model addresses a longstanding problem in healthcare: medical records are often distributed across multiple providers and may be difficult for patients to obtain, organize, or transfer. The company was founded in 2015 by Paul Fletcher-Hill, Feridun Mert Celebi, Kevin Grassi, MD, and Graham Kaemmer, who met at Yale University. Rather than positioning itself as a conventional clinical provider, PatientBank operates as a patient-facing data-management platform. Its core activities include electronic medical-record retrieval, online storage, and controlled sharing of health information. Users can request records electronically from physicians and hospitals, reducing reliance on paper forms and manual administrative processes. PatientBank emerged during a period when consumer access to electronic health information, interoperability, and patient-directed data sharing were becoming increasingly important themes in healthcare technology. The platform’s value proposition is centered on convenience and patient agency: a person can assemble records from different sources and make them available to another healthcare professional, caregiver, or other authorized recipient. The available reference material does not specify the precise technical architecture, provider network, pricing model, regulatory certifications, or current service footprint. The startup received backing from several venture and technology investors, including Y Combinator, General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, SV Angel, Spectrum 28, and Data Collective. No reliable public information in the supplied sources establishes the amount or timing of those investments. The available material also does not establish whether PatientBank remains active, has been acquired, or continues to operate under its original brand. Accordingly, its present corporate status and scale should be treated as unconfirmed.

PatientBank was established in 2015 by Paul Fletcher-Hill, Feridun Mert Celebi, Kevin Grassi, MD, and Graham Kaemmer. The founders had met at Yale University and developed a startup aimed at improving how patients obtain and manage their medical information. The platform was built around electronic medical-record retrieval. Patients could request records from doctors or hospitals without relying exclusively on traditional paper-based processes. After retrieval, the records could be kept in an online account and shared by the patient with an appropriate healthcare professional or other authorized recipient. This placed the patient, rather than an individual provider organization, at the center of record aggregation and exchange. PatientBank’s product concept reflected broader changes in healthcare technology during the 2010s, including the digitization of clinical records and growing interest in interoperability and consumer access to health data. Its service combined three related functions: obtaining records, storing them securely, and enabling patient-directed sharing. The supplied reference material does not provide further detail about the platform’s underlying systems, integrations, commercial pricing, or geographic expansion. The company attracted support from a group of startup and venture investors. Named backers included Y Combinator, General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, SV Angel, Spectrum 28, and Data Collective. The available sources do not disclose investment amounts or identify specific financing rounds. They also do not document later acquisitions, changes in ownership, leadership transitions, product expansions, or a confirmed shutdown. PatientBank’s current operating status therefore remains unclear from the available material.

• 2015

  PatientBank founded

  [1]PatientBanken.wikipedia.org

  Paul Fletcher-Hill, Feridun Mert Celebi, Kevin Grassi, MD, and Graham Kaemmer founded PatientBank after meeting at Yale University.

A patient-centered digital health platform for collecting, organizing, storing, and sharing medical records electronically.

• Digital health platform · 2015

  PatientBank medical-record platform

  PatientBank’s central offering was a patient-facing platform for requesting medical records electronically from doctors and hospitals. Retrieved records could be maintained in secure online storage and shared by the user. The service was intended to help patients consolidate information held by different healthcare providers and make that information more portable and accessible. The supplied sources do not specify the platform’s detailed technical features, provider integrations, pricing, or current availability.

1. 1PatientBanken.wikipedia.org
2. 2PatientBank official websitepatientbank.us