{"id":6392,"date":"2020-08-05T15:33:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T14:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=6392"},"modified":"2020-08-05T15:34:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T14:34:18","slug":"mobile-healthcare-app-receives-e9-5m-amid-covid-19-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/mobile-healthcare-app-receives-e9-5m-amid-covid-19-crisis\/6392\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile healthcare app receives \u20ac9.5m amid COVID-19 crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"
The company, which was founded in 2016, enables healthcare professionals to collaborate and share knowledge about patient care through its Messenger app, and has seen a recent surge in usage during the COVID-19 crisis<\/a>, with more than 250,000 healthcare professionals utilising it.<\/p>\n Individuals and teams can use the free app to coordinate patient care exchange messages, documents, images, and videos, while healthcare professionals to exchange secure voice calls and video calls.<\/p>\n Siilo also provides a subscription service where organisations can have a closed member directory and broadcast messages to staff..<\/p>\n Siilo, which received seed funding in 2018, with \u20ac4.5m led by EQT Ventures<\/a>, is now to receive \u20ac9.5m in Series A funding led by Heal Capital<\/a> with Philips Health Technology Venture Fund<\/a> and EQT Ventures.<\/p>\n There has been a surge in the use of mobile healthcare apps during the COVID-19 crisis and according to a report by Market Data Forecast, the mobile healthcare market is predicted to hit USD $115.61bn by 2025 at a CAGR of 35%.<\/p>\n Many healthcare professionals have chosen to adopt digital health practices in order to maintain social distancing but security concerns are a major factor impeding on the growth of mobile healthcare.<\/p>\nThe rise of mobile healthcare apps amid COVID-19<\/h3>\n