How a practice runs, not who it treats
Patient data is never part of this. What labs want from healthcare businesses is the operating side: how a clinic staffs a week, credentials a new hire, handles a vendor, or writes the procedures the front desk runs on.
Why labs want it
Every health business generates two kinds of records. One is about patients, and it is out of scope here, full stop. The other is about running the business: policies, training, scheduling, purchasing, facilities and IT. That second kind rarely leaves the building, and it is what buyers list.
Handshake AI lists healthcare among its industries with operating procedures, training materials and administrative workflows as its examples. Mercor also lists healthcare; its examples lean clinical, and ours never do.
Where this is reported, as of October 2026. None of these companies is a SellMyData customer; they are the public record of what buyers are asking for.
- Handshake AILists healthcare among its industries: operating procedures, training materials and administrative workflows. Handshake AI data partnerships.
- MercorLists healthcare among its target industries. Mercor Data, target industries.
- MIT Technology ReviewReports that demand for companies’ operational data took off as labs hit the limits of public and synthetic data. AI labs are buying data from dead startups to train their models.
What sells in healthcare operations
The five data types →Messages
Administrative threads: staffing, scheduling, vendors, facilities and IT. No channels where patients are discussed.
Teams · Gmail · Slack
Code
Rare outside health-tech companies. Skip it unless you build software.
Usually none
Documents
SOPs, policies, training manuals, credentialing checklists, compliance procedures and onboarding guides.
SharePoint · Drive · Confluence
Records
Purchasing, supplies, staffing schedules, vendor contracts and the general ledger. Never claims, charts or billing tied to patients.
QuickBooks · When I Work · Gusto
Tasks
Facilities, IT help-desk and equipment tickets, and the task lists behind opening a new location or onboarding staff.
Freshservice · Asana · Jira Service Management
Tool names are the ones we see most in this industry. If yours isn’t listed, it almost certainly still counts: take inventory and we’ll tell you.
What stays out
- Patient data and PHICharts, claims, intake forms, appointment records, messages with patients and anything else covered by HIPAA are never in scope. We don’t buy health records tied to people, and we check that none are mixed into an export.
- Staff health and HR recordsEmployee health information, HR files and payroll stay out.
- People’s detailsNames, email addresses, phone numbers, addresses and account numbers are replaced with consistent placeholders before any lab sees a sample. See what we remove.
- Other people’s contentVendor documents, licensed material and anything marked confidential by someone else are left out during the rights check.
Full detail: what we remove and how rights are checked. We don’t buy consumer personal data, health records tied to people, or payment card data.
How it works
- STEP 01
Value it
Answer a few questions and get an estimated range. Nothing is shared yet.
- STEP 02
Share your exports
We walk you through exporting from each tool you choose, for the date range you choose. We never write to your systems.
- STEP 03
Approve the listing
We strip names, contacts and identifiers. You review the redacted preview and the price before any lab sees it.
- STEP 04
Get paid
When a lab buys a license, you get paid. We aim to pay within 7 days of the sale closing.
Today this is done by hand, with you. You export, we clean and prepare, you approve. How you stay in control.
Questions from healthcare operations
Is any of this subject to HIPAA?
The dataset is scoped so it isn’t. Patient data and PHI are excluded from the start, and we check exports for anything that slipped in. If your counsel wants to review the scope, we walk them through it.
What’s left once patient data is out?
More than you’d think. Policies, SOPs, training materials, staffing and scheduling records, purchasing, vendor management, facilities tickets and IT support all describe how a health business runs.
We’re a dental practice with eight people. Is that worth anything?
There is no minimum headcount. A small practice with several years of consistent procedures and schedules is a complete dataset.
What about our billing system?
Billing tied to patients is out. Vendor invoices, payroll summaries without individuals, and the general ledger can be in scope.
Something else? Email micki@sellmydata.com.