Tobias Alpsten, the founder of digital HealthTech pioneer iPLATO , is leaving 25 years after setting up the business.
iPLATO is a provider of screening, appointment booking, medicines management and communication tools installed in the majority of UK GP practices.
It was acquired three years ago by Huma, the global leader in healthcare AI and digital health solutions.
iPLATO’s origins date back to when Alpsten set up a consultancy and application developer to help companies around the world harness the new opportunity of mobile technology.
He identified healthcare as the key sector to focus on and iPLATO Healthcare was founded to simplify patient access to healthcare everywhere.
Mobile phone, text message communications transformed patient engagement and 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 UK to harness the power of better communication.
In announcing his departure, Aplsten wrote: “I am leaving iPLATO 25 years after setting up the business and three years after joining Huma. We have achieved a lot in these years:
“We have saved lives through increased uptake of screening services and better access to healthcare.
“We have transformed the experience of healthcare for 40m people while delivering hundreds of millions in savings to the NHS.
“We have generated 1,000 years of full-time employment for talented people while shaping the multi-billion-dollar global sector we today call HealthTech.”
Aplsten said in addition to working on his ‘own moonshot’ ideas he planned to help friends with their projects.
Last year Huma acquired eConsult, a digital-first triage and automated consultation platform serving primary and emergency care.
Huma is implemented in more than two-thirds of all primary and secondary care providers in the UK.