About Us
The interoperability partner of choice.
Innovar Healthcare is a trusted leader in healthcare interoperability, providing the tools, platforms, and managed services that make health data exchange simple, secure, and scalable.
We are the creators of BridgeLink, the open-source successor to legacy Mirth Connect®, built for organizations that demand flexibility without vendor lock-in. BridgeLink powers healthcare data integration at every level, from small clinics to national exchanges, with enterprise-grade plugins, native clustering, and modern security baked in.
For those who want turnkey interoperability without the infrastructure burden, our Lightswitch Managed Service delivers a fully hosted, fully supported environment, offering automated certificate management, elastic scaling, high availability, and 24/7 support.
At Innovar, we've earned our reputation as the interoperability partner of choice by solving real-world problems with real-world solutions. Whether you're migrating away from legacy systems or building your integration stack from scratch, our mission is to help you move faster, stay compliant, and connect care, with zero friction.
Our People
Dedicated to providing the right data at the right time.
Our expertise lies in providing the right data at the right time. Our people have dedicated their careers to this pursuit.
Loyd Bittle
CEO & Founder
Loyd has had a successful career in the healthcare software industry, starting as a Systems Engineer and advancing his career to Vice President (Mirth Group) at NextGen Healthcare. Loyd has worked in the “trenches”, managed teams and departments, interacted with organizational leadership, and faced the challenges of the healthcare industry from top to bottom.
As his career has advanced, Loyd has been drawn specifically to the integration and interoperability challenges healthcare providers and software companies must address. His experience leading many of the largest Health Information Exchange deployments in the country has enabled a unique understanding of how to scale large integration projects.