Prince Andrew today visited DocCom to find out how its
healthcare communications model for the Facebook generation will
save countless lives.
On a tour of the company's Bristol offices, the Duke of York met
the team of medics and software developers behind the UK's first
secure and private social networking platform exclusively for
healthcare professionals.
He learned how the highly mobile frontline NHS workforce, in
particular, was still heavily reliant on outdated media such as fax
machines, bleeps and legacy email systems. The result, he was told,
was increasingly poor and inefficient internal communications which
jeopardised patient safety and quality of care.
Co-founder Dr Jonathan Bloor then explained how DocCom was
reversing this trend with focused and innovative software that
combined the ease and familiarity of Facebook-era networking with
the security, exclusivity and specific applications demanded by the
healthcare profession.
Dr Bloor said: "It was a real privilege to meet His Royal
Highness and tell him more about DocCom and the global healthcare
communication issues we are tackling. He was very insightful in his
observations about the challenges entrepreneurs face in UK, and I
was particularly impressed with his commitment to helping small
businesses grow and prosper."
The Duke, whose role includes recognising and supporting
innovation, excellence and high-tech enterprise, was in Bristol to
visit the SETSquared Centre which has helped many of the city's
start-ups become global players.
DocCom is a cloud-based secure and private networking platform
for healthcare professionals. Founded by two doctors who
experienced first-hand the difficulties of communication in
healthcare, DocCom harnesses the latest networking and
communication technology to solve long-standing problems that
jeopardise safety and efficiency.
