Empowering Your Control of Your Health Data!
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LibreVitals ("Free Life" / "Vital Freedom") is a HealthTech company dedicated to empowering individuals with 100% control over their health and fitness data through open-source hardware and software solutions that prioritize privacy, security, and user freedom.
Founded by Hawke Robinson, "The Grandfather of Therapeutic Gaming," with technology expertise spanning 46 years and healthcare experience since 1990, LibreVitals represents a commitment to ethical innovation in health data management.
Our Mission: Empowering individuals with complete control over their health data in a future where personal health information is secure, private, and user-controlled—never exploited for profit without consent.
Why We Exist:
While prominent companies like Apple and Google consolidate, harvest, and sell health data, and insurance companies show no respect for member data privacy despite repeated security warnings, we believe health-concerned individuals and organizations deserve better choices.
What Makes Us Different:
- 100% User Control: You decide where data is stored, who accesses it, what's done with it
- Privacy-First: HIPAA-compliant architecture, no data exploitation
- Open Source: Transparent, auditable, community-driven development
- User Freedom: No vendor lock-in, export your data anytime
- Ethical Business Model: We profit by serving you, not selling you
Technologies:
- Open-source health data management software
- Open-source hardware health monitoring devices
- HIPAA-compliant, privacy-first architecture
- Self-hosted or trusted hosting options
- Interoperable data formats (no lock-in)
Founder's Philosophy: "Raising up the overall human condition through ethical innovation that amplifies human potential."
This means building technology that empowers users, respects privacy, and serves human flourishing—not corporate surveillance capitalism.
Background: Over 30 years contributing to open-source projects, decades in healthcare (Nurse's Aide, LPN trainee, Habilitation Therapist, WA State Registered Recreational Therapist), extensive technology leadership (CTO/CIO roles), and commitment to accessibility and user rights.
💚 Website: librevitals.com
🔒 Privacy: Your data, your control
🌐 Open Source: Transparent and auditable
👤 Founder: hawkerobinson.com
About LibreVitals
Empowering Your Control of Your Health Data!
Our Mission
At LibreVitals, we are dedicated to empowering individuals with complete control over their health data. We believe in a future where personal health information is secure and private, allowing users to make informed decisions about their well-being without sacrificing their privacy.
While other companies are capitalizing on abusing your data, we want you to have full freedom and control of your data.
We are a for-profit business, so we do have to make money to exist and help achieve our goals, but we do so in harmony with you being in full control of your data and what is done with it. We exist to empower users to gain 100% control over their vital health data.
What "LibreVitals" Means
"LibreVitals" roughly translates to "Free Life" or "Vital Freedom" in English.
- "Libre" (French): Free in the sense of being unrestricted, independent, or liberated
- "Vitals" (English): Things essential for life or functioning—vital organs, vital signs, matters of utmost importance
In choosing the name "LibreVitals," we are making a call for freedom in life with a focus on what's essential for a fulfilling life.
In our context, this relates to your freedom to do with your vital data in accordance with what we believe is your inherent right to privacy.
Our Core Beliefs
We believe you should have 100% transparency and 100% control over ALL of your data, especially your health and fitness data:
- Where it is stored (your device, your server, trusted provider of your choice)
- Who/what has access to it (you decide, revocable at any time)
- What can and must not be done with it (no selling, no exploitation, no unauthorized use)
- How long it's retained (your retention policies, not corporate convenience)
- Export and portability (your data in open formats, leave anytime)
We are also strong, active proponents for open source (for over 30 years we have been directly contributing to open-source projects)—another form of technology freedom and empowerment that has changed the world.
Why We Exist
We have been involved with:
- Technology, data, and research industries since 1979
- Healthcare industry since 1990
Over these decades, we have become increasingly disturbed at the mistreatment of individuals' data.
The Problem:
A number of very prominent health and insurance companies that some of our staff worked on as individuals in past years showed no respect for their members' data privacy and security. Even when we repeatedly pointed out significant vulnerabilities and the need for audits, they refused.
Increasingly, organizations like Apple and Google are consolidating, harvesting, and selling your data.
We believe health-concerned individuals and organizations should have other choices.
Founder: "The Grandfather of Therapeutic Gaming"
Hawke Robinson, founder of LibreVitals, brings unique multidisciplinary expertise to health data management:
Technology Background:
- 46 years in technology (coding since age 9, first paid role at 12)
- 20+ years as CTO/CIO/Enterprise Architect across multiple industries
- Co-Founder & CITO, ClimbHigh.AI (patent-pending AI platform)
- Fractional CITO, PracticingMusician.com (56 countries)
- AI/ML Development: Systems running 150% faster than Google's
- Infrastructure Security: SANS GCIH certified, paper referenced by Google Chrome team
- Over 30 years contributing to open-source projects
Healthcare Background:
- Washington State Registered Recreational Therapist (since 2004)
- Nurse's Aide and Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) trainee, Doxie Hatch Medical Center (1990)
- Habilitation Therapist, Hillcrest Care Center, Utah (1990)
- Neuroscience and Research Psychology expertise
- HIPAA Compliance: Designed compliant systems for healthcare organizations
Known Globally as "The Grandfather of Therapeutic Gaming":
- Founder, RPG Research (501c3 nonprofit, 100,000+ lives improved)
- Founder, NeuroRPG LLC (brain-computer interface innovations)
- Founder, RPG Therapeutics LLC (professional therapeutic services)
- Decades pioneering accessibility technology for individuals with severe disabilities
Driving Philosophy:
"Raising up the overall human condition through ethical innovation that amplifies human potential."
This philosophy permeates LibreVitals—technology should empower individuals, respect privacy, and serve human flourishing, not corporate surveillance capitalism.
Our Approach: Ethical HealthTech
1. Privacy-First Architecture
- HIPAA-compliant by design
- End-to-end encryption where appropriate
- Zero-knowledge architecture options (we can't see your data even if we wanted to)
- Minimal data collection (only what's necessary for functionality)
- No third-party tracking or analytics without explicit consent
- Transparent privacy policies in plain language
2. User Control & Ownership
- Your data, your rules: You own your health data, period
- Self-hosting options: Run on your own hardware if you prefer
- Trusted hosting choices: Select providers you trust
- Granular permissions: Control exactly who/what accesses what
- Revocable access: Change your mind anytime
- Data portability: Export in open formats, no lock-in
3. Open Source Commitment
- Transparent code: Audit our security and privacy claims yourself
- Community-driven: Contributions welcome from security researchers and developers
- No security through obscurity: Real security through open review
- Freedom to fork: Don't like our direction? Fork the code
- Interoperable standards: Work with other open health platforms
4. Open Hardware Integration
- Support for open-source health monitoring devices
- No proprietary lock-in: Use hardware from multiple manufacturers
- DIY-friendly: Build your own compatible devices
- Extensible platform: Add new device types as they emerge
- Community hardware projects: Support maker community health innovations
5. Ethical Business Model
We make money by serving you, not exploiting you:
- Subscription services for hosted solutions (optional, self-hosting free)
- Professional features for healthcare providers (HIPAA compliance tools)
- Support and consulting for organizations
- Premium hardware (optional, works with any compatible devices)
We explicitly do NOT:
- Sell your data (ever)
- Share data with third parties without explicit consent
- Use data for advertising
- Train AI on your health data without permission
- Lock you into proprietary formats
- Make it difficult to leave our platform
Our Technology Stack
Software:
- Open-source health data management platform
- HIPAA-compliant architecture for healthcare providers
- Self-hosted or cloud options (your choice)
- Mobile apps (iOS, Android) with offline-first design
- Web dashboard with comprehensive visualizations
- API access for integrations and custom applications
- Interoperable data formats (FHIR, HL7, open standards)
Hardware Support:
- Open-source health monitoring devices
- Standard Bluetooth/WiFi medical devices
- DIY maker community projects
- Wearable fitness trackers (select models)
- Home health equipment with open protocols
- Emerging biosensor technologies
Security:
- End-to-end encryption options
- Secure authentication (2FA, biometric, hardware keys)
- Regular security audits by independent researchers
- Bug bounty program (coming soon)
- Transparent vulnerability disclosure
Use Cases
Individual Health Management:
- Track vital signs, fitness, nutrition, medications
- Share selectively with healthcare providers
- Maintain lifelong health records under your control
- Research your own health patterns and correlations
Family Health:
- Manage children's health records
- Coordinate elder care
- Share relevant information with family members (your permission)
- Emergency access controls for trusted individuals
Chronic Condition Management:
- Track symptoms, treatments, outcomes
- Identify patterns and triggers
- Share relevant data with specialists
- Maintain continuity across providers
Research & Citizen Science:
- Contribute anonymized data to research (opt-in only)
- Track health metrics for personal research
- Participate in community health studies
- Maintain data sovereignty throughout
Healthcare Providers:
- HIPAA-compliant patient data management
- Integration with existing EHR systems
- Patient-controlled data sharing
- Respect patient privacy preferences
Athletics & Performance:
- Track training metrics and progress
- Share selectively with coaches/trainers
- Maintain detailed performance history
- No corporate access to training data
The LibreVitals Difference
Other Companies:
- Harvest and monetize your health data
- Lock you into proprietary ecosystems
- Ignore security vulnerabilities
- Make it difficult to export your data
- Sell data to insurance companies, advertisers, researchers
- Terms of service giving them broad rights to your data
LibreVitals:
- You control 100% of your health data
- Open-source, auditable, transparent
- Security-first architecture, responsive to vulnerabilities
- Easy data export in open formats anytime
- Never sell or share without explicit permission
- Terms of service protecting your rights, not ours
Current Status & Roadmap
Active Development:
- Core platform in development
- Security architecture design complete
- Open-source repository preparing for public release
- Beta testing program forming
Roadmap:
- Public beta launch (coming soon)
- Mobile apps (iOS, Android)
- Hardware integration partnerships
- Healthcare provider features
- Community hardware projects support
Get Involved:
- Beta testing opportunities
- Open-source contributions welcome
- Security research and auditing
- Hardware integration partnerships
- Healthcare provider feedback
Philosophy in Action
LibreVitals demonstrates founder Hawke Robinson's philosophy in practice:
"Raising up the overall human condition through ethical innovation that amplifies human potential."
- Ethical: Privacy-respecting, user-controlled, no exploitation
- Innovation: Modern architecture, open-source, cutting-edge security
- Amplifying: Empowering users with tools and data, not taking control away
- Human Potential: Health data serving individual flourishing, not corporate profit
Connect & Contribute
Stay Updated:
- Join our mailing list for launch announcements
- Follow development progress
- Beta testing opportunities
Contribute:
- Open-source development (GitHub coming soon)
- Security research and auditing
- Documentation and translations
- Community support
Enterprise & Healthcare:
- HIPAA-compliant solutions for providers
- Custom deployment and consulting
- Integration with existing systems
- Training and support
💚 Website: librevitals.com
👤 Founder: hawkerobinson.com
🔒 Philosophy: Your data, your control, your freedom
🌐 Approach: Open source, privacy-first, user-empowering
📧 Contact: info@librevitals.com
Our Mission
At LibreVital, we are dedicated to empowering individuals with complete control over their health data. We believe in a future where personal health information is secure and private, allowing users to make informed decisions about their well-being, without sacrificing their privacy.
While other companies are capitalizing on abusing your data, we want you to have full freedom and control of your data.
We are a for-profit business, so we do have to make money to exist and help achieve our goals, but we do so in harmony with you being in full control of your data and what is done with it. We exist to empower users to gain 100% control over their vital health data.
Why We Exist
We have been involved with the technology, data, and research industries since 1979, and the healthcare industry since 1990.
We have become increasing disturbed at the mistreatment of individuals data. A number of very prominent health and insurance companies that some of our staff worked on as individuals in past years, showed no respect for their member's data privacy, and security. Event when we repeatedly pointed out significant vulnerabilities and the need for audits, they refused.
Increasingly organizations like Apple and Google are consolidating, harvesting, and selling your data.
We believe health-concerned individuals and organizations should have other choices.
We have been actively involved with open source software and hardware projects for decades, and as these technologies are becoming more affordable, ubiquitous, and user-friendly, we want to make sure there continues to be open source hardware and software solutions for health data related technologies, and that users have 100% control over how their data is handled.
Our Partners and Founders
What Does "Libre Vitals" Mean?
"Libre Vitals" roughly translates to "Free Life" or "Vital Freedom" in English.
The word "libre" is French for "free," and "vitals" refers to things essential for life or vitality.
In French, "libre" means free in the sense of being unrestricted, independent, or liberated.
In English, "vitals" refers to things essential for life or functioning, like vital organs or vital signs, as well as something of utmost importance.
In choosing the name "Libre Vitals", we are making a call for freedom in life with a focus on what's essential for a fulfilling life.
In our context this is related to your freedom to do with your vital data in accordance with what we believe is your inherent right to privacy.
We believe you should have 100% transparency and 100% control over ALL of your data, especially your health and fitness data:
- where it is stored
- who/what has access to it
- what can and must not be done with it, etc.
We are also strong, active, proponents for open source (for over 30 years we have been directly contributing to open source projects), another form of technology freedom and empowerment that has changed the world.
