Brian Schmitz

Founder and CEO
Clinect Healthcare
Charlotte, NC
Brian Schmitz 1

25+

Years In Finance & Healthcare

2

Startups Initiated 

16,065

LinkedIn Followers

Brian’s Journey

Joined ANSYS as Director of Business Development for Engineering, selling physics-based simulation software across the Midwest.

1999

Joined NextGen Healthcare as an Account Executive for Ambulatory.

2003

Founded Clinect Healthcare as CEO, building an outcomes intelligence platform that helps practices nationwide collect, understand, and act on patient-reported outcomes and satisfaction data.

2013

2001

Joined Cerner Corporation as an Account Executive, managing client relationships and overseeing implementation and adoption of Cerner’s Millennium EHR solutions.

2010

Became a Founding Member and Vice President at GMA Healthcare, overseeing all sales operations and growth for a NextGen EHR reseller.

About Clinect Healthcare

Founded - 2013 | Charlotte, NC | Stage - Private

Highlight

Clinect Healthcare helps providers measure patient-reported outcomes, patient satisfaction, reviews, and healthcare experience.

Problem

Healthcare teams need better feedback loops between patient experience, clinical outcomes, reputation, and operational performance. Without connected patient-reported data, providers miss what patients feel, how they heal, and where experience breaks.

USP

Clinect positions itself as an outcomes intelligence and patient engagement platform. Its integrations with healthcare software ecosystems such as NextGen and Modernizing Medicine give it a practical route into provider workflows.

Key Milestones

2013

Founded in Charlotte to improve patient experience and outcome measurement.

2021

Announced patient engagement interface with Modernizing Medicine.

2022

Became an integrated solution partner of NextGen Healthcare for PROs, satisfaction, reputation, and incident management.

2024

Expanded positioning around outcomes intelligence and patient experience analytics.

2025

Continued serving provider groups with feedback, reputation, and engagement workflows.
In Their Own Words:

"Patient engagement solutions are driving better patient care."