Global healthcare AI company, Huma, has acquired eConsult, one of the largest digital-first triage and automated consultation platforms across primary and emergency care.
This acquisition follows Huma’s strategic acquisition of iPlato, a UK provider of screening, appointment booking, medicines management and communication tools installed in the majority of UK GP practices. The expansion solidifies Huma’s mission to accelerate the adoption of digital solutions across the healthcare landscape.
“This acquisition brings us one step closer to becoming the end-to-end technology platform for the industry to deliver digital-first care at scale seamlessly,” said Huma CEO & founder Dan Vahdat. “We believe that when Digital and AI are scaled, they become affordable for both the poor and the rich. Care delivery remains consistent and will help us transition medicine from being reactive to proactive.”
Huma is implemented in more than two-thirds of all primary and secondary care providers in the UK. This acquisition is set to further advance the National Health Service (NHS) as one of the world’s most proactive health systems—digital-first, AI-first, and most importantly, patient-first, according to Huma.
“The NHS knows it needs to do much more with technology to help both patients and clinicians,” said eConsult CEO Dr Murray Ellender. “Joining forces with Huma is an amazing opportunity for both our users and our teams to accelerate the shift to digital first healthcare.”
Workspace launch
In addition to the acquisition, Huma has recently launched the Huma Cloud Platform and Huma’s Workspace, which enables primary care providers (GPs), community and secondary care providers (NHS Trusts), and Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) to access a comprehensive array of digital health solutions. These include appointment booking, automated prescriptions, screening tools, teleconsultation, remote monitoring, virtual wards (for hospitals), patient education and disease management apps for rare, chronic and acute conditions, messaging tools, and electronic data capture (EDC) for clinical research.
