Doctolib, a prominent health appointment platform, is setting ambitious goals for 2025, including becoming a central hub for users' health data. This initiative has raised concerns within France's health insurance system.
Stanislas Niox-Chateau, CEO of Doctolib, highlighted the importance of trust in handling health data during a recent interview. The platform has introduced a new 'Health' tab, designed to help users compile their medical history, treatments, allergies, and vaccination records.
The aim is to facilitate data sharing with healthcare providers and offer personalized health reminders. However, this initiative has drawn criticism from the French health insurance authority, which sees it as competition to its own 'shared medical record' system that has over 15 million users.
While Niox-Chateau insists that the goal is to empower patients, the health insurance authority has raised concerns about potential redundancy and the implications of privatizing health records. Doctolib claims to have actively contributed to the development of the public health record system, but the controversy continues, especially in light of recent changes allowing AI to access health data.