PagesJaunes is launching an online appointment booking solution dedicated to healthcare professionals. Patients have access to their doctor’s appointment book 24/7.
64% of French people would give up consulting a specialist because of the difficulty of obtaining an appointment in a short time (1). At the same time, 28 million medical consultations are not honored without patients having informed their doctor (2)! To remedy this problem, PagesJaunes is launching this Tuesday “PagesJaunesDoc“its new online appointment booking solution dedicated to healthcare professionals:” simple, secure and in real time, “says the latter.
3 platforms accessible 24/7
PagesJaunes is already present in this sector since 50 million appointments, including 15 million in the health sector, are recorded thanks to the famous directory. This new solution optimizes the management of the agenda of healthcare professionals, while making it easier for patients to make immediate appointments on the Internet, thanks to 3 platforms accessible 24/7:
– from the pagesjaunes.fr website and its mobile application,
– on the health professional’s website with the insertion of a button “Make an appointment” and accessibility to their agenda,
– from the new portal dedicated to health pagesjaunesdoc.fr.
Many specialties offered
The latter lists dentists, dermatologists, gynecologists, physiotherapists, general practitioners, ophthalmologists, osteopaths and podiatrists. By subscribing to the PagesJaunes solution, the practitioner allows the Internet user to access their detailed file including a presentation of the firm, the professional’s agreement, the price of the consultation, the means of payment, and practical information for themselves. get there with a Mappy card. Then, from the agenda, make an appointment directly online on the day and at the desired time.
Systematic reminder of appointments by SMS
In addition, PagesJaunes affirms that there are “up to 5 times fewer patients who do not show up thanks to the systematic reminder of appointments by SMS and emails. Finally, physicians who adopt the tool can access measurement and monitoring of their activity with access to statistics (number of appointments recorded, amount of consultations, etc.), and patient management tools.
“This online appointment-making solution dedicated to health makes it easier to put patients, who are increasingly connected and adepts of services that facilitate their daily lives, into contact with health professionals looking for turnkey solutions. allowing them to optimally manage their agendas in order to devote more time to supporting patients ”, indicates in a press release Julien Ampollini, Deputy Managing Director in charge of the media division of Solocal Group.
The price conditions to benefit from the solution are for practitioners of 59 € HT / month without commitment, with the first 3 months free of charge.
1) Source: Ifop study for the consulting firm specializing in health Jalma, November 2014
2) Source: Confederation of French Medical Syndicates, 2013
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