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Lana Health
Techstars '23San Francisco, US · 9 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
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Lana Health partners with hospitals to improve patient experiences during hospital stays and post-discharge recovery at home.
Also known as Lana Health Inc · Lana Health, Inc.
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Lana Health is a digital health company that provides a smart patient engagement solution for hospitals. Its platform is deployed on iPads at the hospital bedside and gives inpatients access to their schedule, labs, imaging results, vitals and medications, on-demand patient education content, and voice-driven requests to staff. It also offers entertainment options including movies, music, relaxation content and access to personal streaming accounts such as Netflix and Apple TV+, and supports video calls with family as well as virtual consultations with the care team.
The platform collects individual patient feedback during the care journey so care teams can address concerns in real time. Beyond the inpatient stay, a patient-facing app supports recovery at home with dynamic daily goals, education intended to improve care plan adherence, automated medication and follow-up appointment reminders, and messaging with care teams. Stated aims of the product include improving patient satisfaction, increasing health literacy through personalized education, and reducing avoidable readmissions.
Founding story
Lana Health was founded in 2020 and is led by founder Akshay Kolte, described in company materials as an athenahealth alumnus.
Business model
Lana Health sells a patient engagement platform to hospitals and health systems, deployed on iPads placed at the patient bedside and paired with a companion mobile app used after discharge. Engagements begin as pilots with a health system and expand across additional hospitals in the system upon successful results.
Revenue is generated through arrangements with hospitals and health systems that deploy the platform; specific pricing terms are not disclosed.
Traction
Lana Health announced a partnership pilot with Health First, a Central Florida integrated delivery network operating four hospitals and employing over 9,000 associates, with plans to expand deployment across all four hospitals after a successful pilot. The company reported a pre-seed round backed by health tech angel investors, participation in the Techstars Healthcare Accelerator, and selection to AVIA Marketplace's 2024 Top Smart Rooms Companies list.
Latest developments
In 2024 the company was named to AVIA Marketplace's Top Smart Rooms Companies list and announced participation in the Techstars Healthcare Accelerator. The iPad application continued to be updated, with version 3.9 published in July 2024.
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Market position
Lana Health is an early-stage, pre-seed company with fewer than ten employees, operating in the hospital smart room and patient engagement segment of digital health, where it was recognized among AVIA Marketplace's 2024 top smart rooms companies.
The company positions its offering as spanning both the inpatient bedside and the post-discharge period at home within a single platform, combining clinical information access, patient education, real-time feedback capture, virtual communication and consumer-style entertainment in a privacy- and security-oriented bedside iPad deployment.
Technology
An iPad-based bedside application plus a patient mobile app, integrating patient schedules, lab and imaging results, vitals and medication data, voice-based service requests, education video content, real-time feedback capture, video calling and virtual consults, and streaming entertainment. App Store listings indicate support for iPad, Apple TV and Apple Vision, English and Spanish language support, and collection of identifiers, usage and diagnostic data.
Go-to-market
Lana Health sells directly to hospitals and health systems, typically starting with a pilot deployment that can expand system-wide, and uses accelerator affiliation (Techstars Healthcare Accelerator, sponsored by Cedars Sinai, UCI Health, Point32Health and United Healthcare) and digital health marketplace recognition to build visibility with provider buyers. Its website centers on inbound contact from health systems.
Hospitals and integrated health systems and, through them, inpatients and patients recovering at home after discharge.
Geography
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, with hospital deployment activity in the United States, including a partnership with Health First in Central Florida. The bedside app is offered in English and Spanish.
History
The company was founded in 2020 and is based in San Francisco. Its iPad application has been distributed through the Apple App Store under the developer name Lana Health Inc, with released versions dating from early 2023 through version 3.9 in July 2024. In September 2022 it announced a partnership pilot with Health First in Florida, and by 2024 it had joined the Techstars Healthcare Accelerator and been named to AVIA Marketplace's list of top smart rooms companies.
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Timeline · 5
launches, deals, and filingsThe Lana Health app, published by Lana Health Inc in the App Store's Medical category, released version 3.9 with bug fixes and improvements; the app supports iPad, Apple TV and Apple Vision, in English and Spanish.
AVIA Marketplace, a digital health marketplace, recognized Lana Health as a 2024 Top Company in Smart Rooms following research and company outreach.
Lana Health joined the Techstars Healthcare Accelerator, sponsored by Cedars Sinai, UCI Health, Point32Health and United Healthcare.
A partnership press release stated that Lana Health, led by athenahealth alumnus Akshay Kolte, had recently raised a pre-seed round of funding backed by angel investors in health tech. No amount was disclosed.
Health First, a Central Florida integrated delivery network, announced a partnership pilot with Lana Health to deploy Lana's patient engagement solution on iPads at the hospital bedside and extend guidance to patients recovering at home. Upon a successful pilot, the partnership was to expand to all four Health First hospitals.
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In the news
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- Lana Healthlana.health · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Lana Health do?
- Digital health company offering a bedside iPad patient engagement platform for hospitals that extends into post-discharge recovery at home.
- Who founded Lana Health?
- Lana Health was founded by Akshay Kolte.
- Who are Lana Health's investors?
- Lana Health's investors include Techstars.
- Where is Lana Health headquartered?
- Lana Health is headquartered in San Francisco, US.