Joshua Kelly

Co-founder & CTO, Flexpa

Health TechSan FranciscoOn TechTO stages since 2021

Joshua Kelly is co-founder and CTO of Flexpa, which gives digital health and fintech apps an API into a patient's own insurance claims history. He was CTO at Universe before Live Nation acquired it, and founded Affiga in Y Combinator's W20 batch. He explained healthcare APIs on the TechTO stage in 2023.

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TECHTO TOGETHER9:52

Healthcare APIs | Joshua Kelly CTO and Co-Founder of Flexpa

Together · May 2023

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First seen on the TechTO stage in 2021. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Joshua ↗

In their words

in 2022 for the very first time patients can do this you can get access to your own Healthcare data mostly in the US

TechTO Together, May 2023 · watch at 05:19 ↗

the person that we put in charge of the transfer of the data is the patient

TechTO Together, May 2023 · watch at 08:09 ↗

the answer in this case is is making it mandatory to produce an API and that's what uh America has in this case

TechTO Together, May 2023 · watch at 09:36 ↗

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Podcast

Out of the FHIR, Episode 4: Joshua KellyOut of the FHIR

2025

Quick answers

What is Joshua Kelly known for?

Co-founding Flexpa, whose API lets apps read a patient's claims history with the patient's permission. He has worked on open health data standards including FHIR for close to a decade.

What did Joshua Kelly speak about at TechTO?

Healthcare APIs — recorded at TechTO: Together in Toronto in November 2022 and published in 2023, covering patient-directed access to health data.

What did Joshua Kelly do before Flexpa?

He was CTO at Universe, acquired by Live Nation/Ticketmaster in 2015, and founded Affiga in Y Combinator's W20 batch.

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