The Doctolib group, which already claims more than a quarter of liberal caregivers equipped with its software in France, is preparing to launch a new offer intended for hospitals, its president Stanislas Niox-Chateau announced on Tuesday.
After making medical appointments on the internet, teleconsultation, medical practice management software, Doctolib is now targeting the hospital market.
The former French youngster knows the sector well: since Saint-Joseph hospital in Paris in 2015, it has spread to nearly 250 health establishments throughout the country.
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Its new “
Doctolib Hospitals
” offer, launched on the occasion of the annual exhibition of the Fédération hospitalière de France (FHF), in fact brings together services already marketed and new options (secure messaging, patient pre-admission, document sharing. ), but does not include medical records or billing software.
With this product, on which Stanislas Niox-Chateau intends to "
invest 150 million euros in the next five years
", the target group up to 900 health establishments, despite "
a fairly low profitability
" expected in return.
The founder of Doctolib says he is not trying to win the stake of the “
Ségur de la santé
”, whose “
digital component
” is endowed with 2 billion euros. “
You never launch a product with public funding in mind,
” he says. The company, which has "
not made money on the vaccination campaign
", but has a double-digit margin on city offices, still hopes to become profitable "
within three or four years
".
But for this it will have to further increase its market share with liberal caregivers, 28% of whom use it for making appointments.
New software for dentists, physiotherapists and other paramedics are therefore being studied.
Development will also take place abroad: after Germany and Italy, a new establishment outside France is envisaged "
within two years
".
