Palo Alto, Calif.-based HealthTap, a virtual care network, has expanded to the United Kingdom by launching London-based HealthTap UK.
HealthTap UK unveiled new apps that are supplemented by existing healthcare services offered by the U.K.'s National Health Service. In addition to making access to care easier for U.K. patients, physicians in the U.K. will now able to join the HealthTap Medical Expert network.
"Having served more than 4.8 billion answers by U.S. doctors to users in 174 countries, we're very excited to be able to bring the experience and expertise of top U.K. doctors to patients everywhere," said HealthTap UK Director Raj Goyal, MD, a former NHS physician. "Starting today, patients everywhere in the United Kingdom can get answers from our network of top doctors, now fortified with U.K. licensed doctors in good standing with the General Medical Counsel."