Selfii, a company that provides privacy-preserving health data, announced it is partnering with secure identity company CLEAR to streamline and strengthen patient access to health records via Selfii's patient data network.

The aim of the partnership is to align healthcare organizations with 21st Century Cures Act demands by allowing patients to quickly request and acquire their data without additional administrative weight.

The alliance also creates one-stop, self-service access for patients to their entire medical records with better security and confirmation.

In addition, CLEAR will help authenticate patient-driven record inquiries within Selfii’s patient health application, making sure individual patients can appreciate streamlined, automated patient access while healthcare organizations that are leveraging Selfii’s Cures Gateway platform can be guaranteed that security and identity standards have been met.

"Our alliance with CLEAR reimagines how to make health information instantly accessible and effortlessly portable, the new benchmark in simplicity for patients’ navigation of their own health," Glenn Keet, general manager of HIE at Selfii, said in a statement. 

"Just as CLEAR makes travel frictionless, together we’ve transformed the often mind-numbing healthcare journey into a hassle-free experience – helping patients to navigate their digital health with unprecedented ease."

David Bardan, head of healthcare at CLEAR, said the partnership with Selfii will help to empower patients with easier, secure access to their health information.

"By pairing our expertise in secure identity verification with Selfii’s extensive provider network, this collaboration will go a long way in closing the gap in patient access and achieving an easy-to-understand, complete medical record in one place," he said.

THE LARGER TREND

In September, CLEAR expanded to 51 TSA precheck enrollment locations throughout the U.S., including San Antonio International Airport, Buffalo Niagara International Airport, Kahului International Airport and Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. 

In August, CLEAR announced the repurchase of four million shares of Class A Common stock in the third quarter of 2024 pursuant to a block share purchase agreement with Delta Air Lines. Delta still owns 4,277,958 shares of CLEAR's Class C Common stock. 

Other companies involved in the privacy-preserving health data business include Datavant, which in 2023 partnered with Socially Determined to provide life sciences companies with data on social risk drivers to enhance health equity and patient outcomes. 

In 2021, MindMed teamed up with Datavant to help link its clinical data with external evidence from other clinical trials and real-world data sources.

In September, True North ITG CEO and cofounder Matt Murren sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss how the company helps health systems and venture capital firms with cybersecurity within their organization and among potential portfolio companies.