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Sam Toole
@Samdtoole
Partner@PrimaryVC. Investing in healthcare. Formerly @Nomad_health, Intrepid Pursuits, acksurf & acksurfschool. // 🏄
Mar 4, 2022 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
1) Today, we’re diving into Health Catalyst (HCAT) — a data and analytics business that helps top health systems in the US run more efficiently.

Despite being a public co, HCAT is a classic example of a healthcare company that most people have never heard of…

#digitalhealth 2) HCAT was founded in 2008 by co-founders Tom Burton and Steve Barlow who met at @Intermountain and grew frustrated by the lack of data used to drive the health system.

In the simplest terms, they founded HCAT to reimagine and improve healthcare through data.
Feb 11, 2022 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
1) Introducing Healthcare Breakdowns, a weekly twitter thread that aims to unpack the known, and unknown, healthcare companies that affect each of us on a weekly basis.

To kick things off, let's dive into electronic health records (EHRs) and the behemoth that is Epic… 2) Epic is the largest Electronic Health Records business in the United States. If you go to a hospital, it's a good chance that they're using Epic.

Currently over 250 million patients have an electronic record in Epic and they control ~31% of the hospital EHR market in the US.