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{{Infobox company
| name = Luma Health Inc.
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| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
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| industry = [[Software]], [[health care]]
| founded = 2015
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| location = [[San Francisco|San Francisco, California, U.S.]]
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| key_people = {{Unbulleted list
 |Adnan Iqbal ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])<ref name=":5" />
 |Aditya Bansod ([[Chief technology officer|CTO]])
 |Tashfeen Ekram ([[Chief Medical Officer|CMO]])
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| homepage = [https://www.lumahealth.io/ lumahealth.io]
}}

'''Luma Health''' is a [[San Francisco]]-based [[software]] company providing [[MHealth|Healthcare]] IT solutions for the [[health care]] industry.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2018/05/22/luma-health-raises-6-3-million-for-automated-patient-messaging-service/|title=Luma Health raises $6.3 million for automated patient messaging service|last=Johnson|first=Khari|date=May 22, 2018|website=[[VentureBeat]]|location=San Francisco, California|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=March 6, 2020}}</ref> The company's focus is developing a web-based [[Patient|patient engagement]] platform which enables a text-messaging communication between health care providers and patients.  As of 2018, the company had engaged about 200 clinics and 2.8 million patients in the use of its platform.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|last=Truong|first=Kevin|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2018/05/22/luma-health-text-messages-for-doctors-patients.html|title=Why this San Francisco health startup is betting big on text messages|date=May 22, 2018|work=San Francisco Business Times|access-date=March 6, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|publisher=American City Business Journals|website=}}</ref>

== History ==
Luma Health was founded as a [[privately held company]] in 2015 by Aditya Bansod, Tashfeen Ekram, and the current [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] Adnan Iqbal.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Norman|first=Hannah|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2019/05/24/luma-health-texting-automation.html|title=How this S.F. health startup is changing the game with texting|date=May 24, 2019|work=San Francisco Business Times|access-date=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|publisher=American City Business Journals|url-access=subscription|website=}}</ref>  The communications platform developed and managed by the company was launched in 2016.<ref name=":5" />

In February 2017, the company was issued a [[convertible bond]] of US$3.37 million. In the following year, Luma Health raised US$6.3 million in [[Series A round|Series A funding]].<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Mack|first=Heather|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/luma-health-raises-6-million-for-doctor-patient-message-software-1526988600|title=Luma Health Raises $6 Million for Doctor-Patient Message Software|date=May 22, 2018|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|language=en-US|url-access=subscription|website=}}</ref>  [[Venture capital financing|Series B round]] of funding reached US$16 million and was led by Peak Span Capital with participation from [[U.S. Venture Partners]], as well as [[Cisco Systems]] and the [[Texas Medical Center]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Parmar|first=Arundhati|url=https://medcitynews.com/2019/08/luma-health-scores-16-5-million-in-series-b-round/|title=Luma Health scores $16 million in Series B round|date=August 27, 2019|work=MedCity News|access-date=March 6, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|language=en-US|website=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=HIPAA Compliant Messaging Software Market to Record Sturdy Growth by: VSee, Spok, SimplePractice, Luma Health, OnCall Health |url=https://techtiding.com/2019/10/03/hipaa-compliant-messaging-software-market-to-record-sturdy-growth-by-vsee-spok-simplepractice-luma-health-oncall-health/}}</ref>

In 2019, the company entered a partnership with the health care software company [[Epic Systems]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2019/09/05/health-recovery-solutions-raises-10-million-for-patient-monitoring-tools/|title=Health Recovery Solutions raises $10 million for patient monitoring tools|last=Wiggers|first=Kyle|date=September 5, 2019|website=[[VentureBeat]]|location=San Francisco, California|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=March 6, 2020}}</ref> Later the same year Luma Health initiated [[electronic health record]] integration with [[Athenahealth]]’s marketplace and Nextech Systems.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://hitconsultant.net/2019/08/27/patient-engagement-platform-luma-health-nabs-16m-to-optimize-patient-experience/|title=Patient Engagement Platform Luma Health Nabs $16M to Optimize Patient Experience|last=Pennic|first=Fred|date=2019-08-27|website=HIT Consultant|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=}}</ref>[[churnalism]] Overall, Luma Health works with over 300 healthcare organizations across the U.S., including 70 electronic health record and [[practice management]] systems such as [[Allscripts]], [[Centricity]], [[CareCloud]], eClinicalWorks and [[Meditech]] Greenfield.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/texas-medical-center-joins-16m-funding-for-patient-engagement-platform-startup.html|title=Texas Medical Center joins $16M funding for patient engagement platform startup|last=Park|first=Andrea|date=August 27, 2019|website=Beckers Hospital Review|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2020|reason=Likely [[churnalism]].}}<ref name=":4" /> The company is also partnered with the health care transportation service [[Uber|Uber Health]] and teamwork app [[Webex|Cisco Webex]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" />⏎
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Its system was adopted by Lake Washington Physical Therapy which said it had helped them optimize the number of patients their therapists can see in a day.<ref>{{cite news |title=EHR-integrated patient texting helps clinic boost patient capacity 68% to 89% |url=https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/ehr-integrated-patient-texting-helps-clinic-boost-patient-capacity-68-89 |accessdate=12 October 2019 |publisher=Healthcare IT News |date=16 September 2019}}</ref>