Heureka Health

What Heureka Health does

Heureka Health AG is a Swiss healthcare interoperability company founded in 2022 and headquartered in Rapperswil SG. The company operates a neutral, physician-initiated data integration platform that connects Swiss practice information systems (PIS) with third-party healthcare applications via a standardized HL7 FHIR API. Its core technology is a peer-to-peer, decentralized architecture: the Heureka Connector is installed on-premise or cloud-hosted within each physician practice, where it structures and encrypts practice data and transports it directly to connected applications in real time, without Heureka ever storing the data. The platform is compatible with 11+ Swiss PIS systems (including three official 'Heureka Partners': Aeskulap, Axenita, and Elexis) and integrates 9+ applications spanning telemedicine, hospital emergency data exchange, clinical study recruitment, quality research databases, electronic patient dossiers, dermatology consultations, and chronic care management.

The company serves two primary customer segments: Swiss physician practices (free users) and healthcare application providers (paying customers). Heureka generates revenue exclusively by charging application providers a per-connected-physician fee each time a physician practice connects to their application through the platform. The business was co-initiated by nine Swiss physician networks (mediX, Argomed, hawadoc, eastcare, PonteNet, Sanacare, Grisomed, Medbase, and iNOCARE), which actively promote adoption within their member practices and sit on the MCO Advisory Board. Distribution combines a self-serve physician portal with personal installation/onboarding support, while application providers are acquired through direct outreach and a structured qualification process. The company is governed by a leadership team of ~9-13 employees including CEO Jonathan Meier, COO Dr. Fabia Rothenfluh, CFO Benjamin Keller, and CTO Moritz Habegger, with strategic oversight from an advisory board including FMH President Dr. Yvonne Gilli and university-affiliated experts. Heureka is 100% compliant with the Swiss Data Protection Act, ISO27001-certified, holds the 'Swiss Hosting' label, and undergoes annual penetration testing.

Name

Heureka Health

Legal name

Heureka Health AG

Website

https://heureka.health

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Heureka Health AG operates a neutral FHIR-based interoperability platform that connects Swiss physician practice information systems with healthcare applications via peer-to-peer data exchange. It serves Swiss ambulatory practices (free) and charges application providers per-connected-physician fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Interoperability Platform

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Interoperability Standards, Profiles & Implementation (HL7/FHIR/IHE) (HLACABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

EHR Extensions, APIs, App Marketplaces & SMART-on-FHIR Apps (HLACAAAN), EHR/EMR Integration & Interoperability Middleware (HL7/FHIR) (HLALAKAD)

Keywords

• Healthcare interoperability
• FHIR API platform
• Medical data integration
• Practice information systems
• Integrated care platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Rapperswil SG

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Per-Connected-Physician Fees from Application Providers: Heureka is free for physician practices. The company generates revenue by charging application providers a per-physician connection fee each time a physician connects to their application via Heureka. This means application providers fund the integration infrastructure.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Heureka Health operates a neutral, peer-to-peer HL7 FHIR-based interoperability platform that connects Swiss physician practice information systems (PIS) with healthcare applications. The Heureka Connector structures and encrypts practice data and transports it in real time to connected applications without storing data at Heureka. The platform is free for physician practices; application providers pay per-connected-physician fees.

Product overview

Heureka Health operates as a platform-plus-integrations architecture for Swiss primary care digitalization. The core Heureka Platform serves as a neutral interface connecting Practice Information Systems (PIS) with healthcare applications via the Heureka Connector (installed locally) and Heureka Portal (web-based management). Connected healthcare applications include Smart Managed Care (SMC) for integrated care coordination, FIRE for research database access, PrimaryPROMS for automated patient surveys, DROPIT/StudienEinschlussCheck for clinical trial recruitment, derma2go for dermatology consultations, myCURA CCM for chronic care management, Sanela EPD-Service for electronic patient records, DoryDoc for medication ordering, Swisdoco for patient communication, and Meine Praxis App for patient self-service. Supporting services include FMH Services PIS consulting for practice system evaluation and selection, plus Batch Export Service for research applications requiring large-scale data exports. The platform monetizes through application providers who pay per connected physician.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Meine Praxis App: Patient-facing mobile application that provides patients with access to their medical records, appointments, and medication information through the Smart Managed Care platform.

Products and services

• Heureka Platform A neutral interface platform that connects Practice Information Systems (PIS) with healthcare applications. Enables secure, structured, and controlled data sharing from Swiss physician practices to selected applications without data storage on Heureka servers. Targets Swiss ambulatory physician practices and digital health application providers.
• Heureka Connector Local software component installed on-premise or in the cloud within physician practices that structures, encrypts, and transports practice data from the Practice Information System (PIS) to connected applications in real time. Supports both on-premise and cloud-hosted PIS environments.
• Heureka Portal Web-based management portal for physician practices to control data sharing permissions, view access logs, manage connected applications, and monitor registration status. Central hub for administering Heureka integration.
• Meine Praxis App Patient-facing mobile application from Heureka that provides patients with access to their medical records, medication lists, lab values, and appointments, and enables structured communication with their physician practice.
• FMH Services — PIS-Beratung A consulting service for Swiss physician practices covering Practice Information System (PIS) planning, selection, and implementation support. Includes a 5-step PIS evaluation methodology, criteria catalogs, demo coordination, and implementation support. Delivered through FMH Services workshops.
• Batch Export Service Additional service for healthcare applications requiring regular large-scale data exports. Supports complete exports of data types (medications, diagnoses, entries), automated execution outside practice hours, end-to-end encryption, and one-time configuration for recurring automated exports.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20% cost savings potential in the Swiss healthcare system through the physician model (Hausarztmodell), which Heureka's integrated care infrastructure supports

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration21 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• mediXcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnermediX is one of the nine founding physician networks that co-initiated Heureka. mediX promotes Heureka to its member physicians and provides representation on Heureka's MCO Advisory Board.
• ArgomedcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArgomed is a co-initiator of Heureka and provides representation on the MCO Advisory Board. Argomed supports Heureka within its physician network.
• hawadoccoreStrategic or Co-development Partnerhawadoc is a founding co-initiator of Heureka and contributes to the MCO Advisory Board, driving adoption among its network physicians.
• SanacarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSanacare is a founding co-initiator of Heureka, providing MCO Advisory Board representation and supporting Heureka within its managed care organization.
• GrisomedcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrisomed is a founding co-initiator of Heureka and contributes representation on the MCO Advisory Board.
• MedbasecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedbase is a founding co-initiator of Heureka, contributing to the MCO Advisory Board and supporting adoption within its network.
• iNOCAREcoreStrategic or Co-development PartneriNOCARE is a founding co-initiator and MCO Advisory Board member. iNOCARE also provides the myCURA CCM application integrated through Heureka.
• eastcarecoreStrategic or Co-development Partnereastcare is a founding co-initiator of Heureka and provides MCO Advisory Board representation.
• PonteNetcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPonteNet is listed as a founding co-initiator of Heureka.
• Aeskulap (Kern Concept AG)coreTechnology or IntegrationAeskulap is an official 'Heureka Partner' with an active collaboration agreement for optimal integration. Kern Concept AG actively markets the Heureka integration to its Aeskulap customer base.
• Axenita (Axonlab AG)coreTechnology or IntegrationAxenita is an official 'Heureka Partner' with a collaboration agreement ensuring optimal integration. Axonlab promotes Heureka integration to Axenita users and was a 'Heureka Partner of the first hour'.
• Elexis (Medelexis AG)coreTechnology or IntegrationElexis is an official 'Heureka Partner' with a collaboration agreement for deep integration. Medelexis actively supports Heureka as a founding partner.
• Smart Managed Care (SMC) (healthinal AG)coreTechnology or IntegrationSmart Managed Care is a flagship application integrated via Heureka. It allows physician practices to share medical data with hospitals, telemedicine providers, emergency services, and patients. Developed by healthinal AG.
• FIRE Projekt (Universität Zürich)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFIRE (Forum Hausarztmedizin, Forschung, Qualität) is a flagship research database of Swiss primary care routine data, hosted by the University of Zurich Institute of Family Medicine. It connects via Heureka for anonymous data sharing directly from physician practices.
• DROPIT / StudienEinschlussCheck (Universität Bern)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe DROPIT study team at the University of Bern developed the PatientenEinschlussCheck application on Heureka to automatically identify suitable study participants from physician practice data.
• PrimaryPROMS (EQUAM Stiftung)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEQUAM Stiftung's PrimaryPROMS automated patient-reported outcome measurement system integrates via Heureka to send pre-appointment questionnaires to patients and deliver results to physicians.
• Compass SecurityminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCompass Security conducts annual penetration testing of Heureka's application and architecture, as confirmed by Daniel Schenker of Compass Security.
• Ursula Uttinger (Uttinger Datenschutz)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerUrsula Uttinger is Heureka's data protection advisor, providing external data privacy expertise and validation of Heureka's data protection compliance under Swiss law.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Health Gorilla: Healthcare interoperability network providing clinical data exchange and FHIR APIs for providers, payers, and digital health apps. Comparable FHIR-first API model with a narrower geographic and segment focus than broad incumbents.
• Vim (formerly Akiri): Provider data network enabling point-of-care applications to access EHR data through a single integration. Comparable as an interoperability layer for healthcare applications, with a more limited feature scope than Heureka's batch and FHIR API capabilities.

Direct peers

• Particle Health: Healthcare data API platform offering standardized access to clinical and claims records via a single API. Comparable as an interoperability middleware layer in the same product category as Heureka's standardized FHIR API.
• Redox: US-based healthcare API platform providing standardized FHIR/HL7 integrations between EHR systems and digital health applications. Closest direct peer to Heureka's API-first interoperability model, differing mainly by US vs Swiss market focus and multi-EHR vs PIS-only scope.
• Smile Digital Health: FHIR-native health data platform (built on HAPI FHIR) used for interoperability and clinical data exchange. Comparable on FHIR standards-based infrastructure and healthcare data exchange focus, though operating as a broader platform vendor.
• 1upHealth: FHIR-based platform aggregating and normalizing data from multiple EHR systems for application developers. Directly comparable in FHIR API strategy, two-sided network model, and value proposition to app developers needing cross-EHR access.

Broad incumbents

• InterSystems HealthShare: Established healthcare interoperability suite from InterSystems used by hospitals and integrated delivery networks for clinical data exchange, HIE, and FHIR-based application connectivity. Operates at broader enterprise scale rather than Swiss primary-care niche.
• Swisscom Health: Swisscom operates curaMED (a PIS) and broader healthcare IT services in Switzerland; a vertically integrated incumbent that could either partner with or compete against Heureka for application-to-PIS connectivity in the Swiss market.

Others

• eHealth Suisse: Swiss federal eHealth competence and coordination centre responsible for implementing the national EPD and interoperability strategy. Not a commercial competitor, but a key policy and standards-setting counterpart whose decisions shape Heureka's addressable market.

Regional players

• Post Sanela Health (EPD): Swiss operator of the Sanela EPD-Service that integrates with Heureka to transfer documents into the national Electronic Patient Dossier. Adjacent regional peer operating in the same Swiss ecosystem but focused on EPD rather than cross-PIS application connectivity.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/heureka-health

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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