Portuguese health technology company Promptly Health has expanded its international reach by integrating one of Latin America’s largest healthcare providers into its data network, a move that significantly broadens access to clinical information for medical research.
The company announced on Thursday that it has partnered with Hapvida NotreDame Intermédica, a major Brazilian healthcare group, marking Promptly Health’s entry into the Latin American market. The agreement adds data from more than 16 million beneficiaries in Brazil to the company’s federated health data platform.
The expansion means Promptly Health’s network now covers clinical information relating to more than 70 million people across Europe and Brazil. The company currently works with around 400 hospitals and healthcare organizations in countries including Portugal, Spain, France, Germany and the United Kingdom.
Promptly Health specializes in federated data technology, which allows healthcare institutions to share knowledge and generate research insights without transferring sensitive patient information outside their own systems. Hospitals and healthcare providers maintain control of their data while approved researchers and organizations can access anonymized information in a secure and regulated environment.
The company said the addition of Brazil will help create one of the largest and most diverse federated clinical data ecosystems in the world, supporting international medical studies and evidence-based healthcare research.
Pedro Ramos, Chief Executive Officer of Promptly Health, said the partnership opens access to a vast source of real-world clinical information that has previously been difficult for the global research community to utilize.
“With 16 million beneficiaries and a network that covers every region of Brazil, Hapvida brings a depth of real-world clinical knowledge that has, to a large extent, been inaccessible to the global research community,” Ramos said.
Hapvida executives described the agreement as an opportunity to transform large volumes of healthcare data into valuable research resources. Rodrigo Sardenberg, a director at the Brazilian healthcare group, said the partnership would help structure and organize clinical information generated across its hospital network while supporting innovation and scientific studies.
“Brazil has an extraordinary wealth of clinical data that is still, to a large extent, invisible to the global research community,” Sardenberg said.
The announcement comes as Europe advances plans to create a more unified framework for health data sharing. The European Health Data Space regulation entered into force in March 2025, beginning a transition period aimed at improving the use and exchange of electronic health information across European Union member states. The main provisions of the regulation are expected to take effect from March 2029.
Industry observers say initiatives such as Promptly Health’s platform could play an important role in supporting multinational medical research, improving healthcare outcomes and accelerating the development of new treatments through access to broader and more diverse datasets.
