Entrepreneur pharmacist driven by patient safety

Leonora O’Brien’s Pharmapod is a cloud-based system that aims to reduce medication errors

Leonora O’Brien, chief executive and founder of Pharmapod: ‘We really needed a system that allowed healthcare professionals to learn from each other.’

Leonora O’Brien has just finished a Teams meeting and is juggling homeschooling when she answers the phone for this interview. The chief executive and founder of Pharmapod describes herself as positive and resilient, which she says is integral to the success of her business.

Pharmapod started eight years ago and is a cloud-based system that aims to reduce medication errors by allowing healthcare professionals to record and share information with other healthcare professionals both within ...