Community-first health insight
The people closest to a problem usually know the most about it.
CHARN collects and shares the data and insights that connect patients, providers, and the startups and innovators building solutions. We're starting in rural communities, and the model carries to any community that's been left out of the conversation.
What we do
We collect and share the insight that's usually missing from the room.
Funding and product decisions get made every day without input from the clinicians and community members who live with the consequences. CHARN gathers that perspective directly from providers and the people they serve, then shares it with the startups, funders, and policymakers who need it most.
Listen first
We start with rural providers and patients. They know the problems firsthand.
Share what we learn
We turn what we hear into insight that startups, health systems, and funders can actually act on.
Make the room bigger
We put the people who need a solution and the people who can build it in the same conversation, before the decisions get made.
Who we serve
The people who rarely end up in the same room.
Healthcare providers
Clinicians and care teams in rural communities today, carrying frontline knowledge that rarely makes it into a funding decision or a product roadmap.
Patients & community members
The people care is actually for. Their experience is the clearest signal of how a program is doing.
Startups & innovators
Builders who design for real constraints and do better work when they hear the problem firsthand.
Funders & community organizations
Anyone with the ability to bring the right people into the room and make sure investment follows real need.
First up: connecting Virginia's rural providers and startups.
Small, focused working sessions, online first, with one rule: no sales pitches.