About Us
Every day, we work to improve the health of millions of people.
We are transforming the patient and clinician experience as we know it through sustainable solutions. Learn more about us and our teams below.
Every day we work to improve the health of millions of people.
We are transforming the patient and clinician experience as we know it, through sustainable solutions. Learn more about us and our teams below.
How it started
In the early 2000s, Tobias Alpsten set up a consultancy and application developer to help companies around the world harness the new opportunity of mobile technology. Soon, we identified healthcare as the key sector to focus on. iPLATO Healthcare was founded to simplify patient access to healthcare everywhere.
Making use of the huge rise of the internet
Mobile phone, text message communications propelled patient engagement into a new era. iPLATO quickly became a leading supplier to the NHS and other health organisations with our easy-to-use patient engagement platform, helping primary care physicians around the United Kingdom to harness the power of better communication.
Over the years
We worked closely with the NHS continuing to push the boundaries of clinician-to-patient communication as it was known. Mass data collection, appointment reminders and Call/Recall, to name a few.
Highlights along the way...
In 2005
The first patient-facing pilot of iPLATO Patient Care Messaging integrated into EMIS went live with GP practices in the London Boroughs of Lambeth and Islington.
In 2012
Our Population Health Service arrived — a powerful combination of academic research on behavioural insights to use ‘nudge’ theory and 21st-century communication tools. The result? Increased uptake in engagement on cancer screening. Today? We run all kinds of programmes requiring improved patient engagement, at scale, across entire ICB regions without any practice involvement.
In 2016
The myGP patient app was launched. Today, over 2.8m users benefit from; appointment booking, medication ordering and reminders, medical record access, and support services.
In 2017
Was the beginning of Patient Questionnaires to improve data capture at scale across areas like blood pressure, BMI, anxiety and depression, and patient satisfaction with services.
What our teams say about us...
Today, over 17m patients are part of our population health networks. Alongside this, Web Booking was launched for patients to book appointments online or via a website, available for practices, or as a Primary Care Network solution.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we launched our Remote Consultation toolbar in 2020, enabling GPs to conduct consultations with patients remotely, using video or telephone calls and collect data through questionnaires.
December 2021
iPLATO became part of Huma Group. Huma’s founder, Dan Vahdat, and Tobias united as leaders in digital-first healthcare and research. As part of Huma Group, we have combined expertise and eco-systems to enable more proactive, predictive and personalised care for patients in a joined-up service across primary and secondary care.
We shifted up a gear going into 2023. Although we remain laser-focused on patient engagement, we now take the 30,000-foot view of patient care. This brings us (nicely) to the digital transformation of healthcare pathways.
The result?
Using engagement solutions we’ve crafted over the last twenty years for clinicians, we are working with partners to achieve greater patient involvement and education across key disease areas, whilst reducing the clinical burden on an overwhelmed healthcare system.
A healthier population with better clinical outcomes, achieved through earlier screening and diagnosis, with more proactive and empowered patients. Less pressure on the health system and huge cost-savings for the taxpayer.
Now looking to reach patients and health systems in the US, Europe and the Middle East we are excited about our pioneering work with Digital CVD Health Checks, watch this space for more…
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