Legal changes that would allow telemedicine in France are set to benefit a local start - up . Doctolib is a platform used by 60,000 practitioners to organise their calendars , and from 1 January 2018 will be able to book face - to - face and remote appointments on its website . The latter can still only be booked with patients known by a doctor , but the company wants those paying for its services to be able to do so and is already testing it with 500 practitioners . In order to work on that new service, Doctolib plans to hire 150 engineers and open up a big office — the Health Tech Center. Doctolib plans to open a specific training centre and hire 150 engineers for the service .
Legal changes that would allow telemedicine in France are set to benefit a local start - up . Doctolib is a platform used by 60,000 practitioners to organise their calendars , and from 1 January 2018 will be able to book face - to - face and remote appointments on its website . The latter can still only be booked with patients known by a doctor , but the company wants those paying for its services to be able to do so and is already testing it with 500 practitioners . Doctolib plans to open a specific training centre and hire 150 engineers for the service .