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Nurse.org featured our founder, the nurse who built Arxova

By The Arxova Team · September 16, 2026 · 4 min read

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Nurse.org featured Jose David “JD” Ramos, BSN, RN, on how a Miami nurse built Arxova so patients can own and control their health data. The piece covers why records stay scattered, what the free app holds, and his north star: the democratization of personal health data. This page summarizes that coverage and points to the source. We do not invent quotes. Read the feature here: How Cath Lab Nurse JD Ramos Built Arxova.

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What the feature covered

Chaunie Brusie's reporting places Arxova in the conversation about nurse innovation and patient agency. The story is about a nurse-founded company built so people can hold medical records and wearable context in one place they control. It is not a vendor pitch deck.

Jose David “JD” Ramos, BSN, RN, founder of Arxova, in scrubs and a surgical cap
Jose David “JD” Ramos, BSN, RN — founder of Arxova.

If you are a nurse, a patient, or someone who loves someone in either role, the Nurse.org feature is the right entry point. Start there. Come back here only for context on what we continue to build.

The bedside problem

Arxova did not begin as a product idea looking for a market. It began with a practical problem familiar to anyone who has watched care span more than one login: the person's picture is fragmented by design. Portals are excellent for the organization that runs them. Wearables are excellent for continuous physiology. Neither was designed to be your longitudinal self across hospitals and clinics.

Scattered crumpled records beside one clean folder — the copy you still do not hold

Floor observation, not pathos: people still leave without a usable copy of what was just collected. That gap is why a nurse-founded company exists.

What Arxova is

Arxova is a free health data app on iOS and Android. Medical records next to wearables. Personal Insights free since day one. ARIA helps you understand your data. It does not diagnose. It is not medical advice. We do not sell your data. You decide who gets a copy and for how long. Research participation, when offered, is opt-in and separate from core use.

For definitions and setup, see our personal health record app page, connect medical records, and ARIA.

Democratization of personal health data

Our north star is exact: the democratization of personal health data. Everybody should have access to their own picture, be able to make sense of it, and direct it to whoever they choose, without begging for a printout or treating ownership as a privilege.

That framing is why Nurse.org's audience matters to us. Nurses already know the human cost of incomplete history at the bedside. Technology only helps if it answers to the person in the room.

HealthKey Labs / Arxova is an approved participant in the CMS Health Tech Ecosystem (Conversational AI Assistants and Kill the Clipboard). Participation is not a CMS endorsement.

Soft next step

If the Nurse.org story resonates, read the full feature first, then learn more or get started at www.arxova.health. Free on iOS and Android.

Thank you to Chaunie Brusie and Nurse.org for the coverage, and to the nurses who keep asking whether technology is actually helping the person in front of them.

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FAQ

Who is JD Ramos?

Jose David “JD” Ramos, BSN, RN, is the founder of Arxova (HealthKey Labs). See the Nurse.org feature for biographical detail rather than a paraphrase here.

What did Nurse.org say about Arxova?

See the live feature linked above. This page does not invent or reconstruct quotes.

What does Arxova do?

It brings medical records and wearables into one person-owned place, with Personal Insights and ARIA to help you understand your data. Not to diagnose. Not as medical advice.

Is Arxova free?

Yes. Free on iOS and Android.

Does Arxova sell health data?

No. We do not sell your data.

What does democratization of personal health data mean?

Access to your own picture, understanding of it, and the right to decide where it goes.

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This article is for general educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Speak with your own clinician about decisions related to your care. Third-party coverage is the work of its publication; linking to it is not a claim of endorsement in either direction. Arxova is a health data platform; participation in research is optional, opt-in, and revocable, and any compensation is provided by the partnering research institution through a licensed third-party payments partner. Arxova does not sell patient data and is not a data broker.