Since confinement, the number of teleconsultations has multiplied by 50 on the specialized site Doctolib.
A success for his boss Stanislas Niox-Chateau, invited Tuesday morning on Europe 1, who argues that the technique has "democratized" and should become a serious alternative for health professionals in the future.
INTERVIEW
Faced with the coronavirus epidemic and confinement, the number of teleconsultations literally exploded two years after its creation.
To talk about it, Sébastien Krebs received Stanislas Niox-Chateau, co-founder and CEO of Doctolib, for whom the situation promises a cheerful future for his site.
After a very timid start at the beginning of Doctolib with nearly 100,000 consultations in the first year, the platform has observed a meteoric increase with 4 million views nothing during the last six months.
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Its website and its application allow patients to find a doctor to make an appointment or do a teleconsultation.
It is this last practice that literally blew up the counters since the confinement last March.
"We multiplied by 50 the number of teleconsultations during confinement. Today, we are still on figures ten times higher than the period of January-February", notes the entrepreneur who analyzes a new rebound of teleconsultations on the ten last days.
"Simplicity and uses, have made it possible to democratize this technique"
Stanislas Niox-Chateau explains the enthusiasm for this new tool by its simplicity for patients, but also for doctors.
"The French have discovered teleconsultation as a simple practice, without having to travel. The doctor can continue to follow his patients and be paid for all his acts. So simplicity and uses have made it possible to democratize this technique from week to week. "
Among the most frequent consultations carried out remotely, three main trends stand out according to Stanislas Niox-Chateau: "Users use it for consultations with their treating physician for chronic diseases or for a prescription renewal. Teleconsultation is also widely used. for psychiatrists and psychologists. And finally to consult specialists such as dermatologists, pediatricians, gynecologists. "
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New practices that could bring the end of face-to-face consultations?
"Practitioners do 15 to 20% of their activity with it", tempers Stanislas Niox-Chateau, who wants patients to continue to be close to their doctor to "avoid the creation of platforms that would replace health professionals".
While the tool can also become a good way to ultimately solve the problem of medical deserts.
"This is the best way to consult without a geographic barrier," says the CEO of a company that is making the most of the coronavirus epidemic.