Post Sanela Health Ag

What Post Sanela Health Ag does

Post Sanela Health AG (formerly Axsana AG) is a Zürich-based non-profit Stammgemeinschaft that operates Switzerland's nationally certified Electronic Patient Dossier (EPD) under the federal EPDG framework. The company serves two primary segments: Swiss citizens, who use the EPD to access and manage personal medical records, and healthcare facilities, which integrate with the platform to share patient data. As of 2026 the platform had 570+ connected healthcare facilities across 26 cantons, 19 cantons in operational deployment, 30,000+ citizens onboarded via self-service since August 2023, and free EPD access subsidized in 13 cantons.

The platform's core offering is the EPD itself, extended by Sanela-Connect (a cloud integration layer for healthcare providers), Time4Patient (appointment and digital intake services), the Cardio Explorer AI cardiac risk assessment delivered via partner Exploris Health, a digital vaccination record integrated with the federal eVaccination initiative, radiological findings integration via ERS, and a digital living will service. Architecture is built around compliance with the Swiss Federal Act on the Electronic Patient Dossier and the certification regime administered by eHealth Suisse.

The business model combines recurring membership fees from connected healthcare facilities, modest one-time citizen onboarding fees of 15 CHF (waived in subsidized cantons), and B2B service fees from Sanela-Connect and Time4Patient deployments. The company is 75% owned by Swiss Post (Post CH Kommunikation AG), with the balance held by Cantosana AG and the XAD carrier association. In 2026, shareholders voted to dissolve the Sanela Stammgemeinschaft by year-end 2026 in response to the Federal Council's announced realignment toward a state-operated electronic Health Dossier (E-GD), terminating the company's independent operations.

Name

Post Sanela Health Ag

Legal name

Post Sanela Health AG

Website

https://post-sanela.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Post Sanela Health AG is a Zürich-based non-profit operating Switzerland's federally certified Electronic Patient Dossier, serving 30,000+ citizens across 19 cantons and 570+ connected healthcare facilities; 75% owned by Swiss Post, the Stammgemeinschaft is being dissolved by end of 2026 following the Federal Council's E-GD realignment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Health Records / Electronic Patient Dossier Platform

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Clinical Document & Data Exchange (C-CDA, CCD, Direct Messaging) (HLACABAI)

Keywords

• Electronic patient dossier
• Digital health platform
• Healthcare data exchange
• Medical record integration
• Patient health records

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. EPD Membership fees from healthcare institutions: Healthcare facilities (hospitals, clinics, doctor practices, Spitex, pharmacies, labs, radiology institutes, therapists) pay membership fees to join the Sanela community of affiliation (Stammgemeinschaft). This covers the cost of EPD platform access, Sanela-Connect integration, and support services. The membership is mandatory for healthcare institutions required to connect to the EPD under EPDG. For the first two years, membership is free with Time4Patient ICT package.
2. EPD Self-Onboarding fees from citizens: Swiss citizens pay a one-time fee of 15 CHF to open an EPD digitally in cantons without a cantonal subsidy agreement. In 13 cantons (Basel-Stadt, Basel-Land, Bern, Luzern, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Tessin, Zug, Zürich), the digital EPD opening is free of charge.
3. B2B Services (Sanela-Connect, Time4Patient): Post Sanela Health AG generates revenue through B2B digital communication and ICT solutions including Sanela-Connect (cloud integration service for healthcare facilities) and Time4Patient (comprehensive ICT solution for medical practices with EPD connection). Swiss Post offers Time4Patient as a 'Rundum-sorglos-Package' for practice digitalization.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Post Sanela Health AG operates a federally certified Electronic Patient Dossier (EPD) community of affiliation (Stammgemeinschaft) in Switzerland, providing Swiss citizens with a secure digital repository for their personal health records and enabling healthcare facilities to access and exchange patient health data through the Sanela-Connect integration platform. The company delivers its EPD across 19 Swiss cantons as a non-profit, certified under Swiss federal law (EpG/EPDV), with complementary modules including vaccination records, radiological findings, patient directives, and cardiac data integration.

Product overview

Post Sanela Health AG operates a platform-based ecosystem centered on the Elektronisches Patientendossier (EPD), Switzerland's Electronic Patient Dossier. The core EPD platform enables citizens to securely store and share health data with authorized healthcare professionals. Built on this core, Sanela offers Sanela-Connect as the cloud integration infrastructure for healthcare facilities, complemented by value-added digital health services (Mehrwertdienste) including Cardio Explorer (AI-powered heart diagnostics), digital vaccination records (Impfausweis), radiological findings integration (Radiologische Befunde via ERS), and living will storage (Patientenverfügung). The Time4Patient ICT solution provides medical practices with comprehensive practice digitization including EPD connectivity. Services are accessible via web portal, Sanela Service-Portal for members, and mobile via the ePost App. The company is dissolving its Stammgemeinschaft by end of 2026 as Switzerland transitions to the new electronic Health Dossier (E-GD).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Electronic Patient Dossier (EPD)

Quantifiable outcome

• 30,000+ citizens used fully digital EPD Self-Onboarding-Service since August 2023
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability2 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

23 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Duchenne SchweizminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 March 2026Duchenne Schweiz (Dietikon) is a patient organization supporting families affected by Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Post Sanela Health AG and Duchenne Schweiz have partnered to demonstrate how the EPD can improve coordinated care for rare disease patients by serving as a standardized, nationwide repository for treatment-relevant documents across multiple healthcare institutions.
• Exploris Health AGcoreTechnology or Integration · 18 November 2025Exploris Health AG (Wallisellen, Switzerland) is Sanela's partner for the Cardio Explorer — an AI-based heart attack risk analysis integrated into the EPD. Exploris developed the KI algorithm combining blood test results with health data to detect coronary artery disease early. The Cardio Explorer is CE-certified as a medical device and clinically validated in 4 studies with >4,500 patients. Results are automatically stored in the patient's EPD.
• ERS Emergency Radiology SchuellercoreTechnology or Integration · 2 December 2024ERS Emergency Radiology Schueller (Baar, Switzerland) is Sanela's solution partner for radiological findings. ERS provides teleradiology services (X-ray, CT, MRI reporting) with over 10 years of experience, and through Sanela-Connect delivers radiological findings automatically and in structured format directly into the EPD. ERS also offers patients a second medical opinion on radiological findings without contractual obligations. The partnership significantly enhances the clinical utility of the EPD.
• Stiftung GesundheitskompassminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2024Stiftung Gesundheitskompass (Zurich) is a non-profit foundation providing ethical counseling, interprofessional guidance, and educational offerings in complex health situations. It is one of Sanela's trusted partners for the advance directive (Patientenverfügung) service within the EPD. The foundation helps citizens create contentually sound advance directives that can be stored securely in the EPD.
• DeinAdieuminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2024DeinAdieu (Zurich) is the leading provider of digital advance care planning solutions in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria. It supports individuals in creating legally compliant wills, advance directives (Patientenverfügung), and healthcare proxy documents simply and securely online. Partner for the advance directive service in the EPD.
• LegacyNotesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2024LegacyNotes (St. Gallen) facilitates administrative work and supports loved ones when individuals can no longer manage themselves. It enables easy creation of documents such as advance directives (Patientenverfügung), healthcare proxies, and wills, and secures important data. Partner for the advance directive service in the EPD.
• eVaccination Initiative Partners (25+ organizations)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2024The eVaccination Initiative is a Switzerland-wide partnership led by Post Sanela Health AG and Post Digital Services, supported by over 25 partners from research, healthcare, industry, and public sectors. The initiative aims to simplify the vaccination process and close vaccination gaps. Services under development include digital vaccination checks, reminders, and travel vaccination checks. Contact: [email protected]
• 360 Kompetenzzentrum GmbHcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner360 Kompetenzzentrum GmbH (Pfäffikon SZ) supports healthcare facilities in digital transformation, focusing on ICT, data protection, process digitization, and EPD connection, integration, and operation. Serves nursing homes, medical practices, Spitex, and hospitals.
• adesso Schweiz AGcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partneradesso Schweiz AG (Zürich) is part of the adesso Group, providing IT consulting and services for the Swiss market with a dedicated health business unit offering specialized consulting, development, and support for IT-enabled healthcare solutions. Serves all healthcare sectors including hospitals, labs, insurance, pharmacy, therapy, and radiology.
• the i-engineers AGcoreTechnology or Integrationthe i-engineers AG (Zürich) is a Swiss market leader developing healthcare software since 2002, offering the health-engine® solution for hospital digitalization. Over 300 clinics of all sizes trust the i-engineers for Clinical Data Repository, interoperability platform, and workflow/process management. Responsible for EPD integrations.
• INTEGON GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationINTEGON GmbH (Wollerau) specializes in integration, API management, and cloud solutions in healthcare. Their solutions promote digital collaboration between providers and patients, enable secure data exchange across institutions, and ensure protected processing of sensitive health information. Serves all healthcare sectors.
• x-tention Informationstechnologie AGcoreTechnology or Integrationx-tention Informationstechnologie AG (Zürich) enables IT-supported collaboration between healthcare providers and patients with secure cross-institutional data exchange. Their EPD+ Connector provides EPD connection for healthcare providers. Serves hospitals, Spitex, radiology, pharmacy, labs, and insurance companies.
• Avintis SAcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAvintis SA (Givisiez) supports end-to-end business process digitalization through their standardized digitalization platform. They link digital processes with those of partners and customers. Serves all healthcare sectors across Switzerland.
• Health-IT GmbHcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHealth-IT GmbH (Goldach) offers EPD4H — simple and uncomplicated onboarding for nursing homes, hospitals, and ambulatory facilities — in cooperation with Rexult AG. Serves all healthcare sectors.
• H+ Die Spitäler der SchweizminorGTM or Marketing PartnerH+ is the national umbrella association of public and private Swiss hospitals, clinics, and care institutions. H+ advocates for the interests and needs of members as healthcare providers and employers, orienting actions at the well-being of the population, patients, and staff in hospitals, clinics, and care institutions.
• Clarita GmbHminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partnerclarita gmbh (Kerzers) provides holistic consulting and solutions for an efficient and secure healthcare system, including digital stations & huddleboard for process optimization in OR, emergency, and nursing care, and the Universal Medical Gateway (UMG) — a Class IIb medical device for medical device networking and integration.
• SwissID (SwissSign Group)coreTechnology or IntegrationSwissID is the electronic identity (eID) solution required for accessing the EPD. Issued by SwissSign Group, SwissID is used by citizens for secure digital identification when opening and accessing their EPD. Sanela EPD login requires SwissID authentication.
• Redguard AGminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerRedguard AG (Bern, Zürich, Neuchâtel) specializes in information security and cyber security. Their Digital Health Team includes security specialists from healthcare backgrounds providing organizational, technical, and cultural security expertise. Serves all healthcare sectors.
• Rexult AGminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerRexult AG supports healthcare companies with EPD onboarding, record management introduction and optimization, and strategy and organization. Works in cooperation with Health-IT GmbH on EPD4H onboarding. Serves all healthcare sectors.
• Zur Rose Suisse AGminorGTM or Marketing PartnerZur Rose is one of Switzerland's leading physician wholesalers and online pharmacies, offering high-quality, safe, and cost-effective pharmaceutical care and continuously developing digital health services. Serves the pharmacy sector in the Sanela ecosystem.
• Swiss Infosec AGminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSwiss Infosec AG (Sursee) is Switzerland's leading independent consulting and training company in information security, data protection, and IT security. With experience in integral security since 1989, they support organizations in identifying and achieving appropriate security goals. Serves hospitals, Spitex, labs, radiology, and insurance companies.
• Eraneos Switzerland AGminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEraneos is an international management and technology consulting group helping clients stay ahead in the digital age. Their Healthcare industry team provides digital transformation consulting. Serves hospitals, nursing homes, Spitex, and insurance companies.
• Arcondis AGminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerArcondis AG (Allschwil) is a Life Sciences & Healthcare consulting company offering EPD training for healthcare providers — practical, efficient, and tailored to needs — for successful digital transformation in healthcare.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• CompuGroup Medical: CompuGroup Medical is a major European health-IT vendor providing practice software, hospital information systems, and connectivity services; comparable as a B2B health-IT platform player with similar primary-system integration and Anschlusspflicht-style regulatory dynamics in DACH.
• Doctolib: Doctolib is a leading European digital health platform offering patient records, appointment booking, and telehealth across France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands — a broader incumbent whose patient-data and B2B healthcare-platform model overlaps with Sanela's dual B2C/B2B positioning.
• Epic Systems: Epic is a dominant global EHR vendor whose MyChart patient portal is a benchmark for citizen-facing electronic health records and provider integration, comparable to the dual-provider/citizen model Sanela operates at the national level.
• ELGA GmbH (Austria): ELGA operates Austria's national electronic health record system and is the closest international analogue to the Swiss EPD, sharing comparable interoperability, certification, and federal-law governance models — useful as a comparable for EPD-platform economics and adoption dynamics.
• TietoEVRY (Tieto Healthcare): TietoEVRY provides Nordic healthcare information systems, EHR platforms, and citizen health portals, with overlapping functionality to Sanela-Connect and the broader EPD platform in interoperable, regulated health-data exchange.

Direct peers

• eSANITA AG: eSANITA is another certified EPD Stammgemeinschaft serving eastern Swiss cantons, providing the same combination of EPD opening, Sanela-Connect-equivalent integration, and value-added services for healthcare facilities and citizens.
• AD Swiss Net AG: AD Swiss is one of the certified Stammgemeinschaften operating the Swiss EPD in Aargau and other cantons, directly competing with Post Sanela for healthcare-facility memberships and citizen EPD openings under the same EPDG framework.
• XAD-Stammgemeinschaft: XAD is a certified EPD Stammgemeinschaft (and a Sanela co-shareholder via the XAD-Trägerverein) operating EPDs in Swiss cantons, competing on healthcare-facility onboarding and citizen EPD openings under EPDG.

Regional players

• Helsenorge (Norsk helsenett): Helsenorge is Norway's national citizen health portal operated by Norsk helsenett, offering electronic health records, vaccination records, and advance directives — comparable as a publicly operated national health-record platform in a neighboring market.
• Kanta Services (Kela): Kanta is Finland's national electronic health record and ePrescription platform, operated under social-insurance authority Kela; directly comparable in mission and architecture to the Swiss EPD and relevant for international benchmarking on E-GD-style transitions.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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