{"id":242,"date":"2025-01-19T21:39:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T21:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamesflint.net\/?page_id=242"},"modified":"2025-01-19T22:08:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T22:08:22","slug":"hospify","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jamesflint.net\/?page_id=242","title":{"rendered":"Hospify"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-52ee3253aa66c6c1d7cf5a8f17921ba5\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);min-height:1295px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-base-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-873ee6b1 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7ee84d44 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:65%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-353c4f5a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--1\">Hospify was a secure and compliant messaging system for use in UK and European healthcare, intended to give both patient and clinicians an alternative to non-compliant consumer messaging tools such as WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Hospify used an innovative technical<ins> <\/ins>architecture, based on microserver technology and edge processing, that was designed specifically to handle health communications at scale in accordance with health information governance and data protection legislation and best practice. This enabled it to protect the privacy of all parties while still being able to offer a service that was free at the point of use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The free chat platform was funded by subscriptions to the Hospify Hub, a browser-based admin tool that allowed institutions to onboard and validate app users and communicate with them via broadcast messages and authorised group chat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-353c4f5a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>Hospify raised \u00a31m and was adopted by users in over 200 healthcare institutions before going out of business in 2021, unable to raise further funding or sell enough Hub subscriptions when the UK government relaxed enforcement of data protection regulation during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hospify Explainer Video 202011 Final\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xZOJwmM3w-0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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