Pando Health
Pando Health is a healthcare data platform created by Forward Clinical Ltd and named after the Pando tree.
History[edit]
Pando was founded in 2017 by Dr Barney Gilbert, Lydia Yarlott and Philip Mundy with a vision of connecting healthcare for everyone. The company has raised approximately $10m USD in venture capital financing, including from Australian investment firm Skip Capital[1] to allow international expansion in India and Australia.[2]
Pando's core platform empowers healthcare professionals to collaborate and make expert decisions together. Usage during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom increased very substantially, with more than 2 million clinical messages processed per week in 2020.[3][4]
It is approved by the NHS Clinical Communication Procurement Framework. In July 2021 there was a security breach which saw NHS patients’ photos automatically uploaded onto users’ smartphones.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Pando: The tech start-up helping NHS staff to communicate safely". Independent. 4 June 2020. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ "London startup Forward Health secures $5m as it rebrands to Pando". City AM. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ "NHS staff embrace tech solutions to help speed up care". Building Better Healthcare. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ "Mobile health and apps news in brief". Digital Health. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ "Data security fears raised over Pando app". Mobi health news. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2022.