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For Caregivers

Help the person
you love navigate care

When someone you care about gets a diagnosis, you carry it too. Sign up as a caregiver and get access to their records, a Care Navigator, and everything you need to show up prepared.

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Patient: Margaret Chen
Care Navigator
What should I know about her upcoming chemo cycle?
B
Based on Margaret's records, cycle 3 starts Monday. Side effects to watch: fatigue and nausea — flagged in her last visit summary.
What questions should we bring to the appointment?
B
Given her latest labs, ask about anti-nausea timing. I can build a full question list.
Ask about Margaret's care...
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HIPAA-grade privacy
What Beacon does for caregivers
View their care, with their permission
Once your person grants you access, you can read their records, visit summaries, and care timeline. Notes and summaries you add sync back to their portal so nothing falls through the cracks.
Your own private Care Navigator
Ask the Care Navigator anything about their diagnosis, treatment plan, or test results. Your conversations are private to you — they don't appear in your person's Care Navigator history.
Prepare for their appointments
Build a question list before the visit. After, review the transcript and summary — even when the conversation felt overwhelming in the room.
Getting started

Three steps to start helping

1
Sign up as a caregiver
Create your own Beacon account and select the caregiver role. You don't need your person to be on Beacon first — if you already have access to their health records outside Beacon, you can connect them directly.
2
Connect the people you're helping
Add one or more people to your caregiver account. If they're already on Beacon they can confirm access in the app. Switch between their records — and your own patient account if you have one — from a single view.
3
Navigate their care alongside them
Ask questions using your private Care Navigator, build appointment question lists, and review visit notes. Everything that matters — summaries, questions, recordings — syncs back to their portal so you stay in step.
The team

Built by people who get it

Every person on this team has a personal reason for caring about how patients navigate the healthcare system.

Bobby Shady
Bobby Shady
CEO

I have been a kickass caregiver for the last 18 months because I'm a nerd who spends his days navigating our health system. Not everyone has me in their family so I wanted to build Beacon for all.

Nupur Mehta, MD
Nupur Mehta, MD
Chief Medical Officer

I've spent nearly 20 years caring for patients, and I've watched too many of them struggle just to make sense of a system meant to help them. I helped build Beacon so no one managing a serious illness has to navigate it alone.

Sarafina Midzik
Sarafina Midzik
Chief of Staff

I spent two years caring for a family member with Stage IV colon cancer and experienced just how overwhelming and confusing it can be to navigate a life-changing diagnosis. I'm building Beacon to give others the guide I wish I had.

Adam Szatrowski
Adam Szatrowski
Chief Technology Officer

I've spent years helping loved ones navigate difficult care journeys — joining doctor visits, tracking questions, appointments, medications, and next steps. Showing up and offering emotional support is already hard enough. I'm building Beacon to help manage everything else: allowing me and the people I love to stay informed, organized, and supported throughout their care journey.

Rob Martin
Rob Martin
Product

Healthcare wasn't built for patients whose stories don't fit a standard form - kids with disabilities or differences, families navigating rare conditions. As a parent and advocate, I'm driven to ensure Beacon meets those families where they are.

Caitlin Weissman
Caitlin Weissman
Strategy

Last year I was diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer. Navigating the unknowns and wishing I had clearer, verified information specific to my diagnosis is what brought me to Beacon.

Sally King
Sally King
Internal Operations

Beacon allows me to be an active part of my parents' care, if need be, from out of state. The caregiver portal lets you feel like you'll never miss an appointment or the opportunity to ask your own questions.

Hector Barreto
Hector Barreto
Platform Engineer

As the father of three, one with Type 1 Diabetes, I have learned that healthcare is not something that visits families occasionally; it is part of daily life. I'm dedicated to building infrastructure and automation to give patients and caregivers more clarity, confidence, and control.

Your data

Your access. Their privacy.
Always in their control.

As a caregiver, you get your own secure account. Your conversations with the Care Navigator are private to you — and the person you're helping always controls what you can see.

HIPAA-grade privacy standards
We voluntarily hold ourselves to HIPAA privacy standards — because health data deserves that level of care, whoever is accessing it.
SOC 2 certified
Independently audited and certified to meet the highest standards for security, availability, and confidentiality.
Access is always patient-controlled
The person you're caring for decides what to share with you and can update or revoke your access at any time.
Your conversations stay private
What you ask in your Care Navigator isn't visible to your person — it's your own private space to understand their care.