eConsult blog
News and think pieces from the eConsult team
Patient Safety Commissioner-Initiatives: Improving patient safety at the Emergency Department front door
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The Red Flag
The red flag has many connotations; socialist revolution, a sign of irritation (red rag to a bull), a Hindu celebration of auspicious occasions, but the biggest red flag warning is…
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5 steps to patient education with online consultations
Every patient and patient population is different. As a whole, they can all benefit from practices introducing new digital services. Explaining these changes to patients and embedding them in can…
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Access and Patient Safety are at the heart of eConsult Health
Dr Mark Harmon, BSC (Hons) | Strategy and Brand Director at eConsult Health. Mark qualified from King’s College School of Medicine in 2014 and has since worked in a wide…
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Total Triage – the new normal
COVID-19 (coronavirus) has accelerated many practices to a digital-first model of care. With over 6 years worth of experience across 3000 NHS GP practices, we are here to help you…
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Working together with NHS Digital
We worked with NHS Digital to integrate eConsult into the NHS App, including single sign-on with NHS login eConsult is the first online consultation supplier to integrate with the NHS…
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myGP improves patients’ access to NHS services with eConsult | Press release
The UK’s largest independent medical app ‘myGP’ has improved 1.9m NHS patients’ access to primary healthcare before, and during, the pandemic, and is now helping patients to access the right…
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Gresham House Ventures invests £5m into eConsult Health | Press release
Gresham House Ventures – a growth equity investor specialised in scaling businesses driven by technology, customer insight or service excellence – has invested £5m into eConsult Health, the leading online…
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What is triage and why is it important?
To decide the order of treatment of patients Triage: Definition from Oxford Languages Every day, GP practices receive requests for help or advice through patients calling in, walking in, and…
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What is an eConsult or an online consultation?
Online consultations have become more common during COVID-19, with the NHS and GP practices trying to balance protecting patients and staff while continuing to provide the support and care required.…
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How supplier collaboration can produce better outcomes for NHS patients and GPs
Technological innovation has never been as prominent in general practice as it is today. From digital triaging through to video consultations, GPs now have access to a range of platforms…
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Leading healthtech providers launch a new offering to transform end-to-end remote patient care
eConsult, Q health and Cognitant launch an online toolbar that gives GP practices easy access to each platform from one place. New online toolbar provides full digital triage functionality to…
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How Coronavirus reshaped the NHS – Wired UK article
Press article – Wired.UK Coronavirus has completely reshaped healthcare in the UK and the NHS. eConsult has been part of the companies transforming how the NHS for the future. Read…