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C8 Health

by C8 Health Inc.  ·  founded 2019  ·  US

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Protocol knowledge platform for hospitals, with an AI assistant that answers only from the hospital's vetted content.

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At a glance

Pricing
No public price.
HIPAA
Attested
SOC 2
Type II
EHRs
—
Founded
2019
HQ
US
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Independent score  ·  By our public rubric

32/100Competitive

Editorial rating 2.5 / 5

How it’s computed →
  • Regulatory & Compliance
    10/22

    HIPAA + (SOC2 or BAA) attested

  • Clinical Integration
    0/11.6

    No EHR integrations listed

  • Evidence Strength
    8.4/30

    1 peer-reviewed paper

  • Vendor & Market
    7.2/18

    Founded 2019 (7 years)

  • Sentiment & Transparency
    1.3/2.5

    Pricing on request, no public amounts

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Regulatory & Compliance

  • FDA clearance0/12

    No FDA clearance listed

  • HIPAA / SOC2 / BAA10/10

    HIPAA + (SOC2 or BAA) attested

Clinical Integration

  • EHR integrations (count)0/6

    No EHR integrations listed

  • Top-3 EHR coverage (Epic / Oracle / Athena)0/5

    None of the top-3 EHRs covered

  • Bidirectional write-back0/1

    No bidirectional write-back documented

Evidence Strength

  • Peer-reviewed papers8/21

    1 peer-reviewed paper

  • RCT / meta-analysis / systematic review0/9

    No RCT, meta-analysis, or systematic review

Vendor & Market

  • Funding & adoption signal3/12

    Seed-stage or unfunded

  • Years in market4/6

    Founded 2019 (7 years)

Sentiment & Transparency

  • Pricing transparency1/3

    Pricing on request, no public amounts

Scored November 2, 2026 · Public scoring method v1.2.0

Protocol knowledge platform for hospitals, with an AI assistant that answers only from the hospital's vetted content.

No public price. HIPAA + SOC 2 Type II attested.

Evidence record

FDA decisions

No FDA decision cited in our research as of November 2, 2026.

Peer-reviewed

1 study on PubMed: 1 other, published 2026. Read the literature summary

Verification
  • Score computed November 2, 2026, method 1.2.0
  • Review written November 2, 2026
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MedAI Verdict, C8 Health record, https://medaiverdict.com/tools/c8-health, version November 2, 2026

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Bottom line

The vendor calls C8 Health a care consistency platform for health systems, meant to keep vetted protocols current and measure how clinicians follow them. It describes a shared library of vetted knowledge, quality metrics for frontline clinicians and an assistant, Panda AI, which it says searches only vetted content. The evidence centers on perioperative care and anesthesiology. It fits a health system that wants one place for its guidelines plus compliance feedback. The metrics track clinician performance against local standards, so a hospital after per-patient risk scores needs a different product.

Where does it come from?

C8 Health Inc. says it was founded at Geneva University Hospital in 2019, expanded across the Swiss hospital network in 2020 and launched in the US in 2022. Galia R. Schwarz is CEO, Ido Zamberg is chief medical officer and Tzach Klo is listed as co-founder. The contact page gives a San Francisco address. Vendor pages say nothing on funding.

The vendor's proof library says over 150 institutions trust C8. The vendor lists MetroHealth, Lahey, UNC Anesthesiology, UTMB Health and Henry Ford Health System as customers and quotes Columbia, CHUV, Dartmouth Health Children's and HUG. It names the American Society of Anesthesiologists as an official collaborator.

What does the platform do?

The homepage describes a knowledge hub on desktop and mobile that pushes clinical updates automatically, real-time quality metrics for frontline clinicians and point-of-care guidance inside existing workflows. The proof library centers on enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) compliance, glucose management and surgical site infection.

The homepage names no EHR and says integration takes "a light lift from your internal IT teams". The vendor states SOC 2 certification, without a type, and HIPAA compliance. It makes no FDA claim.

What does the evidence cover?

One peer-reviewed paper is tied to the product, a 2026 usability study in JMIR Human Factors (PMID 42247251). It surveyed 142 MetroHealth anesthesiology clinicians with the MAUQ questionnaire, with a mean score of 5.73 (SD 0.81). The last author is a consultant and advisory-board member at C8 Health and Zamberg is a co-author, so the study is not independent. It measures usability, not patient outcomes.

The vendor's proof library carries the outcome figures, none shown as peer reviewed. MetroHealth's internal 2024 study reports ERAS compliance rising from 65% to 88% in five months. Pre/post surveys give "2x quality of care" and "3.4x staff satisfaction". The vendor cites "$550K+" average annual savings per tracked quality metric and backs it with unpublished data. A UTMB physician testimonial describes glucose compliance moving from about 72% to over 81%.

What does buying involve?

The site has no pricing page and sends buyers to its contact page and a phone line.

The verdict

Anesthesiology and surgical services are the clearest match. MetroHealth and UTMB are the sites behind the named results.

Editorial review last generated November 2, 2026. Synthesized from clinician sentiment, peer-reviewed coverage, and our editorial silo picks. Refined by hand where vendor facts change.

What it costs

All tiers are custom-quoted. The vendor does not publish per-provider list pricing.

TierMonthlyAnnualNotes
EnterpriseNot statedNot statedNo public price.

Source: vendor pricing page. Last checked November 2, 2026.

What deploys cleanly

Carries SOC 2, HIPAA per vendor documentation. Independent attestation review is the buyer's responsibility before clinical deployment.

Who builds it

C8 Health (C8 Health Inc.) was founded in 2019 in US, putting it 7 years into market.

What the literature says

1 peer-reviewed study indexed on PubMed evaluate C8 Health in clinical contexts. The most relevant are shown below, ranked by editorial relevance score combining title match, study design, recency, and journal tier.

C8 Health, a Platform for the Implementation of Best Practices: Survey-Based Usability Study. (opens in new tab)
Nisar F, D Alessandro NM, Suratkal J, et al.· JMIR Hum Factors· 2026
Mobile health (mHealth) apps are increasingly integrated into clinical workflows to support decision-making and adherence to best practices. Usability is a critical determinant of adoption, engagement, and long-term use. This study aimed to evaluate the usability of the C8 Health platform deployed in the Department of Anesthesiology at MetroHealth in 2024. A quality improvement initiative was conducted using the mHealth App Usability Questionnaire (MAUQ). A total of 142 anesthesiology clinicians participated by completing the questionnaire. This study was reported in accordance with the SQUIR…

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