Program
The EMPWRD Patient App
A portable, patient-owned record of your health intelligence. Your history, your data, in one place you control and can share on your terms. No portal locks it inside one health system.
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Own itFind helpProve the gap
Own your health intelligence.
A patient holds a lifetime of health knowledge no textbook can replicate. The EMPWRD Patient Foundation puts that knowledge in your hands and connects you to the advocates who turn it into better care.
20,000Advocates and communities we are working to connect
50States tracked for healthcare reform
5Tools built for patients and advocates
501(c)(3)Nonprofit, so the patient never pays
What we build
Five tools that move a patient from knowing to acting.
Each one closes a gap between a patient's lived knowledge and the care they deserve. Grants and app licensing fund the work.
Program
AdvocateBridge
A searchable directory that connects patients to vetted patient advocates and communities, fast. A record without an advocate stalls, so we pair both.
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EMPWRD Patient Collective
Training and community that help patients become prepared, confident self-advocates.
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The Patient Denial Files
Real stories and data on insurance denials and access failures. We use the evidence to show why this work matters.
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The Health Legislation Tracker
Tracks federal and 50-state healthcare reform bills so patients and advocates can act on what is moving.
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Our mission
Every patient deserves a voice in their own care.
We empower patients and their families with resources, education, and advocacy support that ensures every patient has a voice in their healthcare journey. A more educated patient community, working alongside healthcare companies that choose to do good as they do well, produces better outcomes and lowers the barrier to effective care.
Patient ownership
The patient holds the record and the decision rights. Always.
Evidence over assumption
We back claims with sourced data, and say so when we cannot.
Access without barriers
We remove cost, jargon, and friction between a patient and an advocate.
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Fund a more empowered patient.
Pharma corporate giving, disease and community foundations, and healthcare companies that license the EMPWRD app all move this mission forward. So the patient never pays to be empowered.