App to resolve hospital equipment issues closes £1m funding round
Summary
MediShout, the app for frontline hospital staff to resolve facilities and equipment issues, has closed a \xa31 million seed round, led by Episode 1 Ventures.By not having working equipment in the right place, at the right time, procedures are delayed, frontline staff are depleted, and patients can suffer. The Journal of Nursing Times reported that a third of nurses wasted two hours per shift just looking for missing kit or stock.Born of frustrating personal experience, MediShout was founded by an NHS surgeon, Ash Kalraiya.He said: As a surgeon, I have all too often been delayed by items like lightbulbs in the theatre being broken, faulty equipment or not having the right stock when I need it. Frontline staff are now able to report and resolve operational issues directly and easily using the app. They need ventilators, stock for blood tests, PPE and functioning kit to perform surgeries.Medishouts chief product officer, Ali Nehme Bahsoun, is also a doctor-turned-entrepreneur who previously led product at Digital Surgery, which was also backed by Episode 1 Ventures and was acquired by Medtronic earlier this year.Carina Namih, partner at Episode 1 Ventures said: Hospital facilities have been left behind by digital innovation for too long. As doctors and product designers, this team really understands how technology and AI can help frontline hospital staff be more effective.