A messaging service described as the “WhatsApp of healthcare” has secured a major new investment boost - which will help it expand its services even further.
Hospify is a free messaging platform that allows healthcare professionals to communicate with each other and share patient information safely and securely.
Set up in 2014 by NHS surgeons Neville Dastur and Charles Nduka and media technologist James Flint, the app has emerged as a key weapon for frontline staff battling Covid-19.
It is being used in over 150 hospitals and the number of new users is growing fast.
Three years ago, Lancashire-based Hospify secured £250,000 from angel and private investors to develop the free version of the platform.
But now it's been boosted by a fresh investment of £500,000 thanks to investments by Bethnal Green Ventures and several angel investors.
The funding - which was finalised at the end of March – is to support the company as it rolls out the Hospify Hub, the premium version of its service designed for clinical teams and communities.
Toby Harper, CEO of Harper James Solicitors, which supported Hospify in its latest funding round, said: “This innovative communications platform is a brilliant example of how ‘tech for good’ can thrive during the most challenging times for business in a generation.”
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Hospify CEO and co-founder James Flint said: “Timing has accelerated the adoption of theHospify platform across the NHS in the 海角视频, and we couldn’t be prouder that our app is playing a vital part in enabling clinicians and patients to communicate across the battlefield of Covid-19.”
Hospify is a free messaging platform that healthcare professionals can use to communicate with each other and share patient information in a secure, private and data-compliant manner.
Like consumer messaging apps such as Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp it offers individual and photo messaging, but also includes enhanced data and privacy protection thanks to features such as unique PIN code access and email and phone number masking.
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Data is stored on a user’s phone rather than in the cloud or an external server and then deleted after 30 days, in line with data protection practice.
Hospify was approved for inclusion in the official NHS Apps Library at the end of February 2020, after complying with GDPR and NHS information governance and clinical safety standards.
With the outbreak of novel coronavirus hitting Britain at around the same time, adoption of the messaging app across the 海角视频’s network of NHS trusts and surgeries has since rocketed.