Caring for aging parents, we discovered a problem hiding in plain sight. Every doctor visit required starting over — the same paperwork, the same questions answered again, the same information that should already be there, missing.
Our father, navigating dementia through a cancer battle, couldn't always answer questions himself. Multiple siblings and caregivers stepping in to help. Each specialist had a piece of the picture. No one had the whole thing.
"One doctor often was unable to see the patient information from another doctor. When a patient is healthy and their memory is intact it may not be an issue — but with a father with dementia going through a cancer battle, it was often a challenge."
The frustration led us to explore why this was still unsolved. The answer: there is no universal patient identifier in the US healthcare system. Every health system creates their own. Records fragment. Data silos proliferate. Patients become strangers to each new provider.
We built Anam Health to fix that. A biometric token that belongs to the patient — not any institution — that anchors their identity, their records, and their coverage across every system they ever touch. Not replacing EHR. Connecting it to the future.
— Jeffrey DelVerne, Founder · Sylvania, Ohio · Provisional Patent #64/076,643 filed May 28, 2026