Hikma means healing wisdom.
Hikma Health is a nonprofit that creates free and open-source digital health solutions for clinics caring for refugees, migrants, and low-income patients, so that no matter where patients go, their stories are carried forward.
Our vision
A world where every person is empowered with personalized healthcare, no matter where they are.
Our mission
We partner with nonprofit organizations providing healthcare to underserved and refugee populations. We create customized data systems for these providers to improve patient outcomes, and analyze health data to support the delivery of personalized care.
Better outcomes for the individual, the institution, and the whole health system.
We give refugees and underserved populations direct access to their health data, and the ability to take it with them when they see clinicians outside the Hikma Health network.
We give clinicians data-driven tools to support clinical decisions. With the patient’s authorization, any clinician can access their whole record, even data collected at a different clinic.
We help clinic managers anticipate needs and challenges, and plan their staff, supplies, and logistics accordingly.
From a refugee clinic to 23 countries.
We started with the support of the MIT Media Lab Refugee Learning Accelerator, and have grown alongside our partners ever since.
- 2019We release the Hikma Health mobile application.
- 2020We release the first county-level COVID-19 policy dataset in the United States.
- 2022Through our Year of Migrant Health, our first grants help eight clinical organizations go digital.
- 2024Sixteen more organizations receive Care Innovation Grants.
- 2025Sarah Mure becomes Executive Director. We deploy our EHR in Gaza, support two in-country missions in Syria, and launch HERS.
Physicians, engineers, and researchers, from Boston to Dar es Salaam.
Board of Advisors
- Isaac Samuel Kohane, MD, PhD
- Sylvia Kehlenbrink, MD
- Steven Goodman, PhD
- Martin A. Fogle, MD, FACS, MS
- Francine K. Welty, MD, PhD
- Jagpreet Chhatwal, PhD
- Rami Alhamad
Want to help build health systems for communities often left behind?
We’re not currently hiring, but we’re always glad to connect with people who share our commitment to equitable, technology-driven healthcare. Introduce yourself, and we’ll keep you in mind for future opportunities.