- Bringing together leading healthcare platforms – eConsult and iPLATO – with a combined network of over 50 million patients to create the best single solution for digital first care in the UK and beyond
- iPLATO and eConsult’s expertise and technology underpinned by Huma’s global partnerships, AI capabilities and the Huma Cloud Platform
- Watch the founders and CEOs, Dr Murray Ellender, and Tobias Alpsten, at Best Practice Birmingham, 9th October 2024, 15:15pm in the PCN Transformation Theatre.
London, UK – 8th Oct 2024 – eConsult, known as market leader within the digital triage and online consultation space in the UK, has been acquired by Huma Therapeutics. eConsult joins iPLATO, a leader in the digital first patient engagement and care space, as Huma Workspace launches in the UK.
Combining best-in-class technologies, iPLATO’s patient communication platform and eConsult’s digital triage platform are now beneficiaries of Huma’s global AI and cloud expertise.
Most prominently, we are offering iPLATO Toolbar to all GP practices in England. This free offer includes messaging.
And in the short term, eConsult and iPLATO England users get more for no additional cost too:
- eConsult users can register for iPLATO Selfbook, in addition to Toolbar.
- iPLATO users can access eConsult’s structured Online Consultation technology (until 31st March 2025).
Hear more from the founders and CEOs as they join forces at Best Practice Birmingham on 9th and 10th October, 15:15pm in the PCN Transformation Theatre.
eConsult and iPLATO’s collective footprint supports over 50 million patients to access digital first care, with contracts and users across all Integrated Care Systems in England, as well as Health Boards in Scotland and Wales. This announcement comes after recent news that iPLATO will be the sole patient communication provider for Welsh GP practices by November 2025.
eConsult CEO and co-Founder, Dr Murray Ellender explains what’s next, “I’m focussed on how we can do more collectively to help both patients and clinicians. We have strong roots in both primary and secondary care – we understand what the market needs to fix its’ crippling demand challenges. This is an exciting opportunity for both our users and our employees to accelerate the shift to digital first healthcare”
Tobias Alpsten, iPLATO CEO and Founder explains “We want help fix the NHS and other healthcare systems by driving adoption of digital first care. In the UK, a patient’s first port of call is their GP. The impact primary care has on people’s lives is invaluable and deserves innovation to enable its evolution. Combining our expertise made sense from day one. Together, we can do more to leverage digital technologies, AI and the cloud to benefit patients, carers, clinicians and payers in the UK and around the world.”
Very soon we expect to see significant benefits to all patients, ICBs, GP practices, Community Trusts and Hospitals using our software.
To find out more about the offer, join the waitlist.
About Huma Therapeutics
Huma is a global healthcare AI company on a mission to accelerate the adoption of digital solutions in care and research. Huma’s technology powers over 4,500 hospitals and clinics globally and has screened, triaged, and engaged over 50 million individuals across 70+ countries. The company plays a pivotal role in national healthcare projects across the US, UK, Germany, Greece, and Saudi Arabia and collaborates with leading pharmaceutical companies and CROs.
Huma’s solutions are live in more than 80 NHS Trusts and across two-thirds of primary care practices. The Huma Cloud Platform is built on a strong regulatory foundation, achieving FDA 510(k) Class II, EU MDR Class IIb, Saudi FDA Class C, and India CDSCO Class C clearances, making it a robust platform to launch healthcare solutions quickly and safely.
About eConsult
eConsult www.econsult.net is the UK’s leading digital triage platform in healthcare, used by over 1,800 NHS GP practices and a growing number of NHS Acute Trusts. In General Practice it enables patients to consult with their healthcare provider remotely, ensuring that they receive the care they need promptly and to date has delivered 50m consultations in this setting. The structured history collected from patients ensures the right patient gets to the right clinician first time, every time.
In hospitals the triage details are collected on kiosks in the Emergency Department waiting room – ensuring all patients arriving in this setting are booked in and triaged within 5 minutes of arrival. This improves flow through the department, ensures safety in the waiting room and delivers a return on investment for the hospital Trust. Across 14 hospitals, 1 million patients have been digitally triaged to date.
About iPLATO
iPLATO www.iplato.com has supported NHS primary care with digital patient engagement for 20 years. Currently servicing over half of the Integrated Care Boards around England, iPLATO’s network – including Population Health Services – connects 38 million patients. A leader in NHS App integration, the company owns and operates the myGP App with over 3 million patient users. iPLATO was acquired by Huma in 2021.