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2008 Press Releases

Feb 21-2008	Text Messaging Boosts Obesity Battle A highly innovative scheme to use mobile technology to obtain a patients weight has proved a great success in Hammersmith & Fulham PCT.
Jan 17-2008	EMIS and iPLATO mobile health services reach 1 million patients in the UK EMIS accredited partner iPLATO Healthcare revealed that coverage of their Patient Care Messaging services has risen to over one million GP patients.

2007 Press Releases

Dec 17-2007	iPLATO Mobile services reach 1 Million patients in the UK Launches mobile health portal framework to accelerate development of richer mobile health services
Dec 10-2007	Tower Hamlets PCT uses text messaging to boost attendance for breast cancer screening Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust has partnered with mobile health promotion specialists iPLATO to help increase the number of women attending breast cancer screening clinics.
Nov 22-2007	Barking & Dagenham Surgeries use iPLATO for health promotion & appointment reminders Patients in Barking and Dagenham will soon be receiving health promotion information and appointment reminders to their mobiles phones via text message. Barking and Dagenham Primary Care Trust has offered the iPLATO Patient Care Messaging platform to their GP surgeries
Nov 12-2007	iPLATO to attend INPS NVUG Conference 15th - 16th November 2007 iPLATO will be exhibiting at the 2007 INPS National Vision User Group Conference. The event, which will be hosted at the Holiday Day Inn Hotel, Stratford upon Avon will see Vision users from around the country attend the event.
Oct 19-2007	Lambeth GPs use Text Messaging to boost Flu Immunisations Delivering critical health information to the people that need it most, nine GP surgeries in Lambeth, South London have been using iPLATO Patient Care Messaging to send text message invitations to patients for their annual Flu immunisation.
Aug 29-2007	Missed appointments cut by 27% across sixteen surgeries As a result of one of the first population-wide deployments of text messaging services, GP surgeries across Lewisham Primary Care Trust in South London, have reduced missed appointments by 27% over the last year.
Aug 14-2007	City & Hackney GPs use Text Messaging to Engage with Smokers City and Hackney Primary Care Trust has partnered with mobile healthcare specialist iPLATO and seven local GP surgeries to pilot the use of advanced messaging services to reduce the prevalence of smoking in the borough.
Aug 13-2007	Management in Practice - London 5th September 2007 Business Design Centre Management in Practice Events are dedicated to practice managers. They are designed to address the ever expanding role and responsibilities of today's primary care practice manager.
Aug 12-2007	iPLATO to exhibit at the 14th Annual EMIS NUG Conference 12th -14th September 2007 The 14th annual EMIS National User Group Conference to be hosted at Warwick University will see iPLATO featured as an exhibitor.
Aug 11-2007	23rd National INPS Vision NVUG Conference 14th - 16th November 2007 iPLATO will be exhibiting at the 2007 INPS National Vision User Group Conference. The event, which will be hosted at the Holiday Day Inn Hotel – Stratford upon Avon will see Vision users from around the country attend the three day event.
Jul 19-2007	iPLATO text messaging to cover 165,000 patients in Hammersmith & Fulham In the largest deployment of population-wide mobile healthcare services to date iPLATO announced today that it had signed up 26 doctors' surgeries in the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham to its iPLATO Patient Care Messaging service.
Jun 15-2007	Text messaging used to provide free malaria information to UK travellers Travelling abroad? Text your country destination to 0780 0000 573 and find out if you may be at risk of contracting Malaria (not a premium rate service - texts are charged at standard rate according to network provider.
Jun 6-2007	Innovative use of Text Messaging in Childhood Immunisation GP surgeries using iPLATO text messaging have discovered innovative ways of using the system to improve patient compliance to the childhood immunisation schedule. The long periods between booster injections often result in children missing important jabs.
May 10-2007	Users of iPLATO Text Messaging Impressed by New System Release Mobile healthcare provider iPLATO this week launched a new version of their market leading text messaging platform for communication between GPs and Patients. Patient Care Messaging version 3 is the culmination of research and development efforts to enhance the existing text messaging platform to meet the changing needs of QOF focused GP Surgeries.
Apr 19-2007	iPLATO launches mobile stress service at mental health conference At the Primhe conference at the University of Warwick, iPLATO today announced the launch of a mobile stress service created with its strategic partner - the Atrium Clinic.
Mar 1-2007	iPLATO Text Messaging: Six times more effective for reaching Smokers GP surgeries in Islington have found that using text messaging for smoking cessation campaigns (getting smokers to quit) is six times more effective than traditional ways of contacting patients.

2006 Press Releases

Nov 9-2006	130,000 Ealing patients to receive health information by mobile phone Ealing Primary Care Trust announced today that patients at 22 surgeries across the West London borough will soon receive GP appointment reminders and health information by text messages directly to their mobile phones.
Nov 8-2006	iPLATO utilises Biomni Voice to provide total patient contact solution London 17th October 2006: iPLATO, a leader in healthcare messaging solutions in UK healthcare, today announces its partnership with Biomni Voice, the automated telephone voice messaging and reminder service.
Nov 6-2006	INPS and iPLATO form alliance to offer mobile services to Vision users INPS and iPLATO today announced an alliance to connect Vision with iPLATO Patient Care Messaging. Through this alliance, INPS Vision users will be offered the most advanced patient communication solution in the UK market.
Oct 17-2006	9th Mobile Café - Knowledge Exchange Session - North London,Tuesday 7th November 2006 Islington Primary Care Trust in association with iPLATO is hosting a Mobile Café - Knowledge Exchange Session. The event will take place from 2:00PM to 4:00PM on Tuesday the 7th of November 2006.
Oct 16-2006	8th Mobile Café - Knowledge Exchange Session - Leeds PCT, Friday 3rd November 2006 iPLATO is hosting a Mobile Café - Knowledge Exchange Session in Leeds North West in early November. The event will take place from 10:00AM to 12:00 Noon on Friday
Oct 13-2006	7th Mobile Café - Knowledge Exchange Session - West London, Friday 13th October 2006 Ealing Primary Care Trust in association with iPLATO is hosting a Mobile Café - Knowledge Exchange Session. The event will take place from 10:00AM to 12:00 Noon on Friday the 13th of October 2006. Practice Managers attending will hear about the system setup, integration and the early experience of new users.
Sep 26-2006	Text Messaging in the NHS hits the mainstream iPLATO marked the second launch anniversary of Patient Care Messaging, the leading platform for text messaging in British Primary Care, with a series of knowledge sharing events in Lewisham and City & Hackney PCTs.
Sep 22-2006	iPLATO to exhibit at 13th Annual EMIS NUG Conference - 21 & 22 September 2006 The 13th annual EMIS National User Group Conference to be hosted at Warwick University will see iPLATO featured as an exhibitor. The event brings together primary care professionals from all over the UK
Sep 7-2006	5th Mobile Café - Knowledge Exchange Session - South East London, Tuesday 5th September 2006 Lewisham Primary Care Trust in association with iPLATO is hosting a Mobile Café - Knowledge Exchange Session.
Sep 6-2006	6th Mobile Café - Knowledge Exchange Session - North London, Wednesday 6th September 2006 City and Hackney Primary Care Trust in association with iPLATO is hosting a Mobile Café - Knowledge Exchange Session.
Sep 5-2006	iPLATO text messaging solution set to save NHS Millions Figures released by the Developing Patient Partnerships (DPP) today have indicated that an estimated 16 million GP appointments are missed every year in the UK.
Jul 20-2006	iPLATO text messaging pilot cuts missed appointments at Barts and The London NHS Trust London, July 13th 2006. Barts and The London NHS Trust and iPLATO hosted a knowledge sharing event on Monday the 10th of July 2006. The event brought together representatives from 13 Trusts from across London who came to listen to and discuss the initial findings from an iPLATO Patient Care Messaging pilot running at the acute trust since April 2006.
Jul 10-2006	Lewisham Primary Care Trust launches text message appointment reminders Lewisham Primary Care Trust has launched iPLATO Patient Care Messaging at GP surgeries throughout Lewisham. Patients at Morden Hill Surgery, Vesta Road Surgery, Muirkirk Road Surgery, Wells Park Practice, Brockley Road Surgery, Rushey Green Group Practice and the Kingfisher Surgery will receive appointment reminders and health information directly to their mobile phones. These practices became involved in this new service because they have higher levels of patients who do not attend appointments.
Jun 3-2006	Information Sharing Session - East London - Monday 10th July 2006 Bart's and the London NHS Trust show how they now communicate with their patients using iPLATO's text messaging service - Patient Care Messaging. This event is intended for Performance and Modernization Directors as well as Heads of I.T with NHS Acute Trust
Jun 2-2006	GPs win Connecting for Health award for e-innovation with technology from iPLATO and EMIS A London GP practice has won a prestigious award for e-innovation from Connecting for Health, using technology from iPLATO and EMIS that reduces 'missed' patient appointments and could eventually save the NHS millions of pounds a year.
Apr 13-2006	iPLATO Short-listed as a Finalist for the "Red Herring 100 Europe" Awards Red Herring announced that iPLATO has been short-listed as one of the Finalists for its annual "Red Herring 100 Europe" list for its groundbreaking innovation in mobile healthcare applications.
Apr 5-2006	iPLATO results at Islington PCT are backbone of groundbreaking research from Imperial College The Imperial College's Tanaka Business School ground breaking research report "The Role of Mobile Phones in Increasing Accessibility and Efficiency in Healthcare" features the results from iPLATO Patient Care Messaging at GP Surgeries in Islington Primary Care Trust as the only reference case in British Primary Care.
Mar 22-2006	SUBSCRIPTIONS TO NHS TEXT APPOINTMENT REMINDER MESSAGES SOAR TO 29% IN FOUR WEEKS Barnet,Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust in North London recently launched mobile text appointment reminders for Out-patients attending clinics in Enfield. Subscriber numbers have quickly risen to 29% in only four weeks.
Mar 20-2006	A Healthy Message - iPLATO raises First round Funding from The Capital Fund iPLATO Ltd, the leader in mobile healthcare applications, has attracted first round funding from The Capital Fund, a £50 million venture capital fund that invests in fast-growth companies in Greater London and whose investors include the DTI and The European Investment Fund.
Mar 9-2006	City & Hackney tPCT Screened Services launches text appointment reminders iPLATO, the leader in mobile healthcare applications, announced today that City & Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust has launched Patient Care Messaging for patients attending its Screening Service.
Feb 23-2006	'Text messaging: Easy, reliable and effective', conclude NHS experts at iPLATO Mobile Cafe Speakers from the NHS confirmed at iPLATO's 3rd Mobile Cafe the positive impact of text-messaging has had on their communication with patients. The cafe,attended by 11 NHS Trusts and representatives from the National Programme for IT, brought together current Patient Care Messaging users and potential users.
Jan 20-2006	iPLATO invites to Mobile Café on February 14th and 15th in London iPLATO has launched its most ambitious campaign to date to share the excellent results of the first 18 months of Patient Care Messaging. Targeted at GP surgeries and Primary Care Trusts the campaign will culminate in two Mobile Cafes, one in Stockwell on the 14th of February and another one in Islington on the 15th
Jan 19-2006	2nd Mobile Café - South London - Tuesday 14th February London NHS surgeries show how they now communicate with their patients using iPLATO’s text messaging service - Patient Care Messaging. The event is intended for GPs and Practice Managers of South London Surgeries and takes place at the Stockwell YMCA.
Jan 18-2006	3rd Mobile Café - North London - Wednesday 15th February London NHS surgeries and a MH Trust show how they now communicate with their patients using iPLATO's text messaging service - Patient Care Messaging. The event is intended for GPs and Practice Managers of North London Surgeries and takes place at the Canal 125 in Kings Cross.

2005 Press Releases

Dec 20-2005	iPLATO to exhibit at Arab Health in Dubai January 22-25 2006 To underline the company's intent of becoming the leader in mobile healthcare services in the Middle East, iPLATO will exhibit at Arab Health in Dubai (stand 8A60) between January 22nd and 25th. iPLATO Middle East, based in Riyadh, works with the leading hospitals in the region to launch iPLATO Patient Care Messaging.
Nov 10-2005	Text flu-jab reminders a success in Lambeth with 44% patient participation Using iPLATO's Patient Care Messaging Dr Masterton & Partners practice in Lambeth has discovered that mobile messaging is the most effective tool for rapid communication with patients about immunisation.
Nov 9-2005	iPLATO Patient Care Messaging gets voice reminders through partnership London, 8th November 2005: Business communication specialist, Premiere Global Services (PGS), and leading mobile healthcare messaging company iPLATO, today announced an alliance aimed at broadening their healthcare reminder offering to customers in the UK and Northern Europe. Under the agreement, iPLATO's Patient Care Messaging service will now offer voice reminders alongside its traditional text messaging services.
Nov 8-2005	iPLATO a key feature at Orange’s Mobile London at the House of Lords iPLATO will showcase its customers' achievements, its skills and innovative product range to invited guests the House of Lords on November 15th. The reception is organised by Orange, a key iPLATO partner, and hosted by Baroness Sally Hamwee, Chair of the Greater London Assembly.
Oct 1-2005	Ealing and Southend-On-Sea launch iPLATO Patient Care Messaging Today, iPLATO extended its lead in mobile messaging services for British Primary Care by announcing that another two Primary Care Trusts have launched Patient Care Messaging. Integrated to the underlying patient administration system, iPLATO's Patient Care Messaging service enables quality text messaging with patients around appointments and specialised clinics.
Sep 22-2005	iPLATO nominated for prestigious European innovation award Independent experts from Euro-CASE have evaluated and ranked the proposals for the European IST Prize (EISTP) and proposed 66 "Nominees for the EISTP" to the European Commission.
May 17-2005	Dramatic reductions in patient absenteeism at Islington PCT After eight months of continuous operation a pilot project of iPLATO's Patient Care Messaging service with the Islington Primary Care Trust has reached its successful completion and is being considered for extension to other practices across the Primary Care Trust
May 16-2005	NHS Trusts conclude that text messaging is appropriate for patient communication Attendees of yesterday's Mobile Café, organised by iPLATO, agreed that the use of text messaging has a huge potential to improve healthcare services.
Mar 17-2005	iPLATO opens office in Riyadh to serve the Middle East iPLATO announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Saudi Arabian based Almisehal Group. The signing of this agreement represents the first step in the creation of iPLATO Middle East.
Mar 16-2005	Mobile Cafe iPLATO is organising the next Mobile Cafe 'Text messaging: Appropriate for patient communication?'on Tuesday May 17 from 8:30 - 10:30am at the Canal 125 Bar & Restaurant in London (King's Cross).
Mar 10-2005	Three new customers launch iPLATO Patient Care Messaging iPLATO announced today that it is launching three new Patient Care Messaging sites within three separate NHS Trusts in the London area. In the next few weeks selected patients of the Lambeth PCT, Hertsmere PCT and West London Mental Health Trust will start receiving automatic SMS reminders for their forthcoming outpatient appointments.
Feb 3-2005	British Council texts around the globe On February 3rd 2005 iPLATO and the British Council launched a pilot project for the British Council Messaging Platform by training members of staff in seven countries across four continents over a video link.

2004 Press Releases

Nov 15-2004	iPLATO Opens New R&D Facility as Part of Three Year Growth Strategy iPLATO - the application developer specialising in mobile and wireless solutions for business - has launched a new R&D facility in the Czech Republic as part of an investment programme to double its technology development capacity, support its worldwide operations and stretch the boundaries of mobile technology.
Nov 13-2004	iPLATO Opens New R&D Facility as Part of Three Year Growth Strategy iPLATO - the application developer specialising in mobile and wireless solutions for business - has launched a new R&D facility in the Czech Republic as part of an investment programme to double its technology development capacity, support its worldwide operations and stretch the boundaries of mobile technology.
Oct 20-2004	Missed appointments substantially reduced for the City Road Medical Centre A new Patient Care Messaging system from iPLATO is having a significant impact on absenteeism, according to early results from the Islington Primary Care Trust, this was announced at a recent eHealth event in London.
Sep 1-2004	New Patient Care Messaging technology to combat £ 162 million lost in missed appointments iPLATO has launched the next generation of Patient Care Messaging (PCM), a new system that integrates with existing healthcare administrative and clinical systems to send automated appointment reminders to patients.
Jul 14-2004	Mobile Technology Could Hold the Secret to Better Patient Care - MPs Told Personalising the provision of healthcare by harnessing existing technologies such as mobile 'phones will not only make the NHS more efficient, but could also break down barriers to enable better patient care.
May 28-2004	NHS Mental Health Trust and iPLATO nominated for New Media Awards 2004 iPLATO's innovative Patient Care Messaging technology is behind a second award nomination for the North East London Mental Health Trust (NELMHT), this time for the New Statesman's New Media Awards 2004.
Apr 28-2004	NHS Mental Health Trust in iPLATO's Pioneering Technology in Healthcare Innovation Awards Innovative messaging technology from iPLATO, specialist in developing applications in mobile and wireless solutions, is behind the nomination of the North East London Mental Health NHS Trust (NELMHT) for an award at the eEurope Awards in Cork for its Patient Care Messaging scheme.
Mar 23-2004	Orange and iPLATO sign an agreement to provide messaging solutions to the NHS iPLATO today announce they have signed a significant agreement with Orange to jointly provide text messaging solutions to the National Health Service (NHS) that will lead to reduced patient waiting lists and easier communication with the NHS enabling improved access to healthcare.

2003 Press Releases

Dec 8-2003	Tracksys Technologies innovates Supply Chain Management with mobile scanning devices Tracksys Technologies, the provider of supply chain management solutions to the SME sector, and iPLATO are pleased to announce the launch of the new version of TRACKsys Supply Chain Management (SCM).
Nov 20-2003	iPLATO to lift a veil on its growth strategy at the Czech IT Day Upon invitation by CzechInvest, Tobias Alpsten, iPLATO's Managing Director, will be presenting on iPLATO's sustained innovation and development in the Czech Republic at the Czech IT Day on December 3rd at the Embassy of the Czech Republic in London.
Oct 31-2003	SMART grant allows iPLATO to save millions for the NHS IPLATO has won a Smart Award from the Government's Small Business Service. The Smart Award has been granted to iPLATO to perform a feasibility study towards the commercial roll-out of iPLATO's Patient Care Messaging; an application aimed at reducing the level of patient absenteeism in healthcare which is currently being piloted with the National Health Service (NHS).
Aug 14-2003	iPLATO highly commended at the Broadband Britain Challenge Yesterday Tobias Alpsten, Managing Director of iPLATO, received an important recognition from the hands of Paul Ross, Lucy Alexander and Nick Bailey at the London Finals of the Broadband Britain Challenge.
Jul 17-2003	iPLATO among top contenders for the Broadband Britain Challenge Today iPLATO has been short listed for the London Finals of the Broadband Britain Challenge due to be held on August 13th in The Music Room in Mayfair. Prize winners of the London Finals will automatically be entered for the nationwide final on September 12th.
Apr 20-2003	Nokia approves iPLATO's MMS Broadcasting Platform iPLATO announced today the listing of its Multi-media Messaging Service (MMS) Broadcasting Platform on Nokia Tradepoint.
Mar 18-2003	iPLATO wins Smart Award for mobile healthcare application iPLATO, a consulting and application development company specialising in mobile and wireless solutions for business, has won a Smart Award from the government's Small Business Service.
Jan 15-2003	The International Herald Tribune launches mobile media site optimised for the Nokia 9210 Communicator iPLATO announced today the launch of a new mobile media service from the International Herald Tribune. The mobile service, built by iPLATO, uses content from the media giant's on-line service, iht.com, and distributes it to users of Nokia 9210 Communicators all over the world.

2002 Press Releases

Dec 20-2002	Sharpcards.com takes stress out of Christmas Greetings! Using the iPLATO mobile greeting platform Sharpcards.com, the online greeting card shop, today announced the launch of a brand new personalised mobile Christmas card service.
Nov 25-2002	PLATO Launches m-Product Development Offering to NHS Suppliers iPLATO, the m-business service and software specialist, announced today the launch of a new service offering targeted at software, middleware and infrastructure providers to the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom.
Sep 25-2002	iPLATO exhibits IHT solution and mobile portal offering iPLATO will exhibit two cornerstones in its solution portfolio at Enterprise Wireless Technology at London Olympia on October 2nd and 3rd.
Aug 6-2002	iPLATO Reinforces Management to Gear Up for Growth iPLATO, the m-business service and software specialist, announced today the arrival of a top class reinforcement to its European management team.
Apr 3-2002	iPLATO Works with Orange UK on Mobile Commerce iPLATO announced today a ten month old relationship with Orange, the UK's most popular mobile operator. iPLATO's role is to help retailers adapt and integrate commercial content to the mobile channel.

2001 Press Releases

Oct 26-2001	iPLATO Launches Recruitment Campaign iPLATO has launched a recruitment campaign targeted at technical project managers to be based in London. The aim of the campaign is to meet the surging demand for mobile consulting and solutions that the company has experienced over the last couple of months.
Oct 26-2001	Leo Burnett Expands Relationship With iPLATO iPLATO's successful delivery of an on-line project management solution to Leo Burnett has resulted in an expanded relationship between the two companies.
Oct 23-2001	iPLATO Wins Contract with Leo Burnett Leo Burnett has commissioned an on-line project management solution which will be developed in iPLATO's Prague Solution Centre.
Apr 23-2001	iPLATO adds mobile auction to m-Commerce product offering iPLATO has launched a mobile auction product aimed at mobile portals.Combined with iPLATO 's existing mobile commerce products - m-shop, m-mall, m-brochure generator and m-betting shop.
Mar 1-2001	iPLATO and Diversinet form strategic alliance aimed at growing the m-Commerce market iPLATO, the international strategic consultancy and solution partner in mobile Internet, has signed a co-marketing alliance agreement with Diversinet, a leading provider of m-commerce security infrastructure solutions, to broaden Customer Base in European & North American M-Commerce Markets.
Jan 25-2001	CityTonic and iPLATO Deliver Wireless Communities iPLATO has entered partnership with CityTonic to develop the corporate community service provider's CityMobile. CityMobile links CityTonic's world-class on-line services with its off-line events and community building activities enabling CityTonic's vision of helping corporate customers integrating, retaining and increasing productivity of their most valuable employees.
Jan 18-2001	iPlato Reports High Consumer Demand For Mobile Internet Broking Services iPLATO published today a market analysis of mobile internet services in the UK retail stockbroking sector. Struggling to recover from the upheaval caused by the internet, stockbrokers are now bracing themselves for another wave of technology driven change, more profound than the last.
Jan 10-2001	Mittere and iPLATO form wireless solution alliance iPLATO announced today a strategic alliance between iPLATO and A-Com company Mittere. The alliance is a non-exclusive relationship aiming to grow the pan-European market for mobile Internet consulting and solution services.
Jan 8-2001	Tobias Alpsten wishes the financial industry a happy mobile new year. The year 2000 was the year when the mobile Internet bubble was created, burst, and re-incarnated in the healthy form of mobile realism in twelve frantic months.

2000 Press Releases

Dec 15-2000	iPLATO mobile merchant platform: lunch of m-Florist Bohemia Flowers iPlato announces the launch of m-florist Bohemia Flowers in the United Kingdom today. Bohemia Flowers is the first pan-European e-Florist to "go mobile"!
Dec 5-2000	iPLATO consulting announces alliance with Bank of America to launch first credit card wireless offering iPlato Consulting, International Strategic Consultancy and Solution Partner specialised in Mobile Internet, announced that it teamed up with Bank of America Credit Card Acquisitions to launch the Banks' first wireless credit card marketing campaign using PDAs and mobile phones.
Jan 3-2000	MITTERE AND iPLATO FORM  WIRELESS SOLUTION ALLIANCE iPLATO, the mobile Internet consultancy, announced today a strategic alliance between iPLATO and A-Com company Mittere. The alliance is a non-exclusive relationship aiming to grow the pan-European market for mobile Internet consulting and solution services.