Health Sciences South Carolina

Name

Health Sciences South Carolina

Legal name

Health Sciences South Carolina

Website

https://healthsciencessc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare data infrastructure and clinical research collaboration

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Health & Health Equity Organizations (BPAGACAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Medical, Clinical & Biomedical Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAB)

Keywords

• Health data exchange
• Clinical research infrastructure
• Health information network
• Population health management
• Biomedical research collaboration

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Member Organization Support: HSSC operates as a public/private health organization supported by member organizations including research universities and health systems. Revenue appears to be generated through membership contributions and collaborative initiative support.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Health Sciences South Carolina is a statewide public/private nonprofit collaborative that provides health data infrastructure and clinical research services to its member research universities and health systems in South Carolina. Its offerings include a centralized Clinical Data Store aggregating provider data, the SC eHealth Alliance statewide health information exchange, advance care planning registries (My Life My Choices and Mind My Health), REDCap clinical research data management, SmartState research programs, and quality improvement collaboratives such as the SC Surgical Quality Collaborative.

Product overview

Health Sciences South Carolina (HSSC) operates as a statewide health data and research collaborative organization rather than a single unified software product. The organization connects research universities, health systems, and partners through a portfolio of initiatives including the SC eHealth Alliance for health information exchange, the My Life My Choices eRegistry and Mind My Health for advance care planning, REDCap for research data management, and various collaboratives (SC Surgical Quality Collaborative, SC Coalition for the Care of the Seriously Ill). The organization also includes subsidiary operations such as Health Data Management (a healthcare media/publishing brand) and the American College of Health Data Management. These products and initiatives work together to enable clinical research, population health improvement, and health technology advancement across South Carolina.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• South Carolina eHealth Alliance: An initiative that brings together the Carolina eHealth Alliance and the South Carolina Health Information Exchange to provide connectivity across the state.
• My Life My Choices eRegistry
• Mind My Health
• SC Surgical Quality Collaborative
• SC Coalition for the Care of the Seriously Ill
• NC Serious Illness Coalition
• Health Sciences Health Innovations Group

Products and services

• SC eHealth Alliance (SCeHA) Statewide health information exchange initiative integrating the Carolina eHealth Alliance and South Carolina Health Information Exchange, providing connectivity that allows participating healthcare providers to view a patient's medical history including medications, diagnoses, and procedures.
• My Life My Choices eRegistry Platform that ensures healthcare preferences and end-of-life wishes are electronically available to all clinicians across the state of South Carolina, giving clinicians immediate access to advance care planning documents.
• Mind My Health A free online tool that helps users keep their care plan in check by storing advance care plans in a secure cloud-based registry for easy access.
• REDCap A secure web platform for building and managing online databases and surveys, offered to HSSC member organizations for clinical research data collection.
• Health Data Management A wholly owned subsidiary publishing organization that provides evidence-based, solution-focused content on a single trusted platform to help healthcare stakeholders make informed decisions around operational and clinical initiatives.
• American College of Health Data Management A wholly owned professional society where Fellows can expand professional relationships, grow perspective and ideas, and accelerate professional visibility on the Health Data Management publication site.
• SC Surgical Quality Collaborative (SCSQC) Statewide initiative designed to improve surgical quality and safety in South Carolina by focusing on targeted procedures using near real-time reporting of clinical data and shared dashboards of metrics.
• SC Coalition for the Care of the Seriously Ill (SCCSI) A statewide coalition that brings key organizations, clinicians, and healthcare entities together to collaboratively redesign care, improve quality of life, and protect the ethical rights of the seriously, chronically, or terminally ill.
• NC Serious Illness Coalition A volunteer-led group of health professionals, providers, and caregivers focused on improving the lives of the seriously ill and their caregivers, created in 2020.
• Health Sciences Health Innovations Group (HSHIG) An initiative focused on bringing together new ideas, strategies, and technologies alongside existing resources and organizations to achieve 21st century approaches to improving health.

Quantifiable outcome

• Decreasing complications, lowering costs, and decreasing health disparities in South Carolina through surgical quality improvement
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Clemson UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch university member and Board member, part of the first statewide biomedical health data collaborative. Participates in collaborative research initiatives and SmartState program.
• Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch university member with representation on Board of Directors. Key partner in clinical research and health data initiatives.
• University of South CarolinacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch university member part of statewide collaborative. Participates in SmartState program and collaborative research initiatives.
• AnMed HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth system member represented by Board Chair William Kenley. Participates in quality and population health initiatives.
• Spartanburg Regional Healthcare SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth system member represented on Board of Directors by CEO Bruce Holstien.
• Health Data ManagementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSubsidiary publishing organization providing evidence-based, solution-focused content for healthcare stakeholders. Operates as separate publishing entity.
• American College of Health Data ManagementminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated professional society where Fellows can expand professional relationships and accelerate professional visibility on Health Data Management publication site.
• SmartState ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSC legislation program bringing together research universities to create SmartState Centers focused on key industry areas to advance South Carolina's economy.
• SC Surgical Quality Collaborative (SCSQC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStatewide initiative designed to improve surgical quality and safety using near real-time clinical data reporting and benchmark dashboards.
• SC Coalition for the Care of the Seriously Ill (SCCSI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStatewide coalition bringing key organizations, clinicians, and healthcare entities together to collaboratively redesign care and protect ethical rights of seriously ill patients.
• NC Serious Illness CoalitionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCross-state coalition focused on improving lives of seriously ill and their caregivers through broad stakeholder engagement.
• South Carolina eHealth Alliance (SCeHA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrings together Carolina eHealth Alliance and SCHIEx to provide statewide health information exchange connectivity, serving as an information highway for patient medical history access.
• My Life My ChoicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnereRegistry partner ensuring healthcare preferences and end-of-life wishes are electronically available to clinicians across South Carolina.
• Mind My HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFree online care plan management tool with cloud-based registry for advance care planning documents.
• Health Sciences Health Innovations Group (HSHIG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFocused on bringing together new ideas, strategies, and technologies alongside existing resources and organizations to achieve 21st century approaches to improving health.
• South Carolina Health Information PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth information partner organization with representation on HSSC Board of Directors.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Health Catalyst: Commercial healthcare data and analytics company serving health systems with enterprise data warehousing and population health tools — broader incumbent serving many of the same provider customers as HSSC's member systems.

Direct peers

• Health Current (Arizona HIE): Arizona's statewide HIE convening providers, hospitals, and health plans to exchange clinical data — directly comparable to HSSC's eHealth Alliance and data store role in South Carolina.
• CRISP (Chesapeake Regional Information System for Our Patients): Maryland's statewide health information exchange serving as a convener for hospitals, providers, and public health agencies — directly comparable to HSSC's role as a SC-based clinical data store and HIE convener.
• Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN): Michigan's statewide HIE coordinating clinical data exchange and use cases like advance care planning — comparable to HSSC's combination of HIE infrastructure, clinical data store, and end-of-life registry.
• Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE): One of the largest U.S. health information exchanges, operating a clinical data repository and population health services across Indiana — comparable model of multi-institution data aggregation and convening role.
• Manifest MedEx: California's nonprofit health information network aggregating clinical records across providers and health plans — closely analogous to HSSC's statewide clinical data store and exchange mission.
• CyncHealth (Nebraska HIE): Nebraska's statewide nonprofit health information exchange offering clinical data exchange and population health services — analogous organizational and operational model to HSSC.

Emerging players

• Regenstrief Institute: Indiana-based nonprofit research organization operating one of the nation's earliest and largest health data exchange platforms and informatics research programs — comparable mission of using clinical data infrastructure for research and quality improvement.
• PCORnet (Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Network): National research network of health systems and patient-powered research that aggregates clinical data for multicenter studies — comparable to HSSC's clinical data store and collaborative research role, but operating at a national scale.

Others

• HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society): Global nonprofit advisor and member society focused on health information and technology — comparable in being a health-IT nonprofit convener, but functioning as a professional association rather than a state-level data collaborative.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HSSCtweets
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/health-data-management/?viewAsMember=true

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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