Health Data Coalition

What Health Data Coalition does

Health Data Coalition (HDC) is a physician-led, not-for-profit organization headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia, established in April 2016 through the merger of AMCARE and the Physician's Data Collaborative. It operates HDC Discover, a web-based application that aggregates anonymized EMR data from seven integrated EMR systems (Bright Health MOIS, Intrahealth Profile, mPeer Oscar, Open OSP Oscar, TELUS Med Access, WELLSTAR OSCAR Pro, and WELLSTAR Juno EMR) to produce over 350 aggregate clinical measures spanning disease management, prevalence, prevention, screening, documentation, and panel management. The platform supports individual, clinic-level, and community-level benchmarking for primary care quality improvement, governed by a Clinical Data Stewardship Committee and certified to ISO 31700-1:2023 Privacy by Design standards.

The company serves three primary user groups: family physicians, nurse practitioners, and Divisions of Family Practice across British Columbia, with 1,700+ clinicians enrolled and 85%+ of provincial Divisions connected. Distribution is a hybrid of direct field engagement by Clinical Services Managers (Lunch 'N Learn sessions, 1:1 enrollment support) and channel partnerships with the Nurse and Nurse Practitioners Association of BC (NNPBC), the Practice Support Program, and the 35 member Divisions and specialist organizations. Use of HDC Discover is offered at no cost to clinicians; HDC is funded by the Family Practice Services Committee (FPSC), a joint partnership between Doctors of BC and the BC Ministry of Health, supplemented by an NNPBC service agreement for nurse practitioner access. The organization operates with 11–50 employees and is governed by a physician-majority Board elected by its member organizations.

Name

Health Data Coalition

Legal name

Health Data Coalition

Website

https://hdcbc.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Health Data Coalition (HDC) is a physician-governed, not-for-profit organization operating HDC Discover, a Privacy by Design-certified web platform that aggregates EMR data from seven systems into 350+ clinical measures for benchmarking and quality improvement by family physicians, nurse practitioners, and Divisions of Family Practice across British Columbia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Analytics Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Order Sets, Care Plans & Clinical Pathways (CPOE-integrated) (HLACAGAC)

Keywords

• Clinical data analytics
• Primary care quality improvement
• EMR data aggregation
• Clinical performance measures
• Population health benchmarking

Headquarters

HQ city

Victoria

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government/Funder Revenue: HDC is a not-for-profit organization funded by the Family Practice Services Committee (FPSC), a partnership between Doctors of BC and the BC Ministry of Health. The FPSC funding covers the cost of HDC Discover for all BC physicians at no charge.
2. NNPBC Service Agreement: Access for Nurse Practitioners is provided via a service agreement with the Nurse and Nurse Practitioners Association of BC (NNPBC), enabling NP enrollment in HDC Discover.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

HDC Discover is a physician-led, web-based clinical data analytics application that aggregates de-identified EMR data from 7 integrated EMR systems into 350+ aggregate clinical measures for BC primary care providers. The platform enables individual clinicians, clinics, divisions, and primary care networks to benchmark against peers and communities for quality improvement. HDC Discover is offered free of charge to BC family physicians and nurse practitioners, funded by the Family Practice Services Committee.

Product overview

Health Data Coalition (HDC) operates a single-product suite anchored by HDC Discover — a physician-led, web-based data aggregation and analytics platform that extracts data from seven integrated Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems (Bright Health MOIS, Intrahealth Profile, mPeer Oscar, Open OSP Oscar, TELUS Med Access, WELLSTAR OSCAR Pro, and WELLSTAR Juno EMR) to generate over 350 aggregate clinical measures for primary care providers in British Columbia. The platform enables individual, clinic, and community-level benchmarking across disease management, prevalence, prevention, screening, documentation, and panel management categories. HDC Discover is supported by an embedded Knowledge Base of help articles and guided orientation sessions (Lunch 'N Learn) to drive user adoption. Use of HDC Discover is offered at no cost to clinicians, funded by the Family Practice Services Committee.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HDC Discover: A web-based application that empowers primary care providers to recognize trends, identify strengths, and consider opportunities in their unique practices by aggregating health data to enable sharing and comparison of aggregate clinical measures.

Products and services

• HDC Discover HDC Discover is a web-based application that aggregates de-identified EMR data from 7 integrated EMR systems into 350+ aggregate clinical measures spanning disease management, prevalence, prevention, screening, documentation, and panel management. It enables BC primary care clinicians, clinics, divisions, and primary care networks to track practice performance, benchmark against peers and communities, and support quality improvement initiatives. The platform is offered free of charge to BC family physicians and nurse practitioners, funded by the Family Practice Services Committee.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,700+ family physicians and nurse practitioners enrolled across BC
• +4 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

Integration7 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• WELLSTAR Juno EMRcoreTechnology or Integration · 15 May 2026New integration with Juno EMR (WELLSTAR Technologies' cloud-based EMR designed for BC family physicians and nurse practitioners) enabling enrollment and access to HDC Discover insights. Juno EMR built for BC's primary care environment.
• Doctors of BCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-funder of HDC through FPSC partnership. Represents BC physicians and participates in governance and strategic direction.
• Practice Support Program (PSP)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProgram partner working alongside HDC to support practice improvement. PSP coaches can be added to clinic accounts to support panel management and QI projects.
• Divisions of Family PracticecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorKey channel partners that help promote HDC Discover to member physicians and facilitate enrollment. Divisions have access to their own dashboards for community-level data analysis.
• UBC Faculty of Medicine Division of Continuing Professional DevelopmentmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner collaborating on professional development and CME topics informed by HDC Discover regional health data.
• University of Northern British ColumbiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner contributing to HDC's integrated experience of practice improvements for physicians.
• Nurse and Nurse Practitioners Association of BC (NNPBC)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorProvides service agreement for NP access to HDC Discover and promotes QI compensation opportunities through NNPBC's Quality Improvement Initiatives.
• Bright Health MOIScoreTechnology or IntegrationEMR vendor with integration agreement for data extraction into HDC Discover.
• Intrahealth ProfilecoreTechnology or IntegrationEMR vendor with integration agreement for data extraction into HDC Discover.
• mPeer OscarcoreTechnology or IntegrationEMR vendor with integration agreement for data extraction into HDC Discover.
• Open OSP OscarcoreTechnology or IntegrationEMR vendor with integration agreement for data extraction into HDC Discover.
• TELUS Med AccesscoreTechnology or IntegrationEMR vendor with integration agreement for data extraction into HDC Discover.
• WELLSTAR OSCAR ProcoreTechnology or IntegrationEMR vendor with integration agreement for data extraction into HDC Discover.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Think Research: Think Research is a Canadian health technology company focused on clinical decision support, knowledge translation, and primary care tools. Comparable as a Canadian health informatics vendor serving similar clinician segments, with overlapping clinical pathway and decision-support capabilities relevant to quality improvement.
• Arcadia: Arcadia is a US healthcare data analytics platform that aggregates EMR and claims data for population health management and quality measurement. Comparable as a clinical data aggregation and benchmarking platform serving primary care and ambulatory providers, though operating commercially across large US health systems rather than as a Canadian non-profit.

Broad incumbents

• Canada Health Infoway: Canada Health Infoway is a federally funded, independent not-for-profit that invests in digital health infrastructure across Canada. Comparable as a government-funded Canadian digital health organization working on data interoperability and clinician-facing tools, though operating at national scope rather than BC-specific primary care QI.
• WELL Health Technologies: WELL Health Technologies is a Canadian digital health company with extensive primary care clinic operations and an EMR portfolio (OSCAR Pro, WELLSTAR Juno EMR — both integrated with HDC). Comparable as the dominant Canadian primary care tech platform, though substantially larger and focused on clinic ownership and EMR monetization rather than physician-led QI analytics.
• TELUS Health: TELUS Health is a major Canadian health IT incumbent that owns TELUS Med Access, one of the seven EMR systems integrated into HDC Discover. Comparable as a large-scale Canadian digital health player with overlapping primary care data infrastructure, but operating at far broader scope (telemedicine, benefits management, pharmacy, EHR).
• Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI): CIHI is a national not-for-profit providing comparable health data and analytics to Canadian health system stakeholders. While CIHI focuses on aggregate population-level data rather than physician-level quality improvement, it is the closest analog for a federally/ministry-funded Canadian health data organization with parallel mandate.

Regional players

• Aledade: Aledade is the largest US value-based care primary care network, partnering with independent physicians to use aggregated data for population health, quality improvement, and shared savings. Comparable as the closest international analog to HDC's physician-led data sharing model for primary care QI, though operating at commercial scale in the US rather than government-funded in Canada.

Direct peers

• WELLSTAR Technologies: WELLSTAR Technologies is the EMR vendor behind both OSCAR Pro and Juno EMR (WELL Health's primary care cloud EMR), both integrated with HDC Discover. Comparable as a BC-focused primary care digital health vendor serving the same family physician and nurse practitioner customer base, though positioned upstream as an EMR/data source rather than downstream as a QI analytics layer.

Others

• Practice Support Program (PSP): PSP is the BC family practice quality improvement coaching program jointly administered by Doctors of BC and the BC Ministry of Health. HDC's Clinical Data Stewardship Committee and PSP coaches work alongside HDC Discover to support panel management and QI projects, making PSP a closely adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor.
• Doctors of BC / Family Practice Services Committee (FPSC): FPSC is the joint committee of Doctors of BC and the BC Ministry of Health that funds HDC and provides its primary governance accountability. Comparable as the BC primary care ecosystem architect and HDC's core funder/strategic partner, but operating as an upstream policy and funding body rather than as a competing analytics platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HDCBC_Canada
• Facebookfacebook.com/hdcbc.ca
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/health-data-coalition

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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