Smile CDR closes Series B growth capital
February 1, 2023
TORONTO – Smile CDR Inc. (Smile Digital Health), a leading FHIR health data fabric (HDF) and exchange solutions provider, has raised approximately $30 million in Series B growth capital led by existing investors, including UPMC Enterprises. Smile’s HDF platform uses industry-leading HDF architecture and ONC-compliant, event-driven FHIR APIs to allow healthcare providers, payers and IT vendors to build secure, composable and scalable data infrastructures.
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