What is the daily mission of Equasens?
Thierry Chapusot: Our activity combines the world of IT and health. We develop solutions for guarantee better monitoring of care routes thanks to technology. Equasens helps healthcare professionals save time and therefore provide better care by reducing time-consuming tasks. Our strategy began more than 10 years ago: give the right information to the right caregiver about the right patient, at the right time.
This constantly evolving information is created and shared among caregivers from their software. That is why Equasens accompanies health actors from various fields. Let’s take the example of an emergency hospitalization. The emergency doctor must quickly know the possible treatments of the patient in the city to make her decisions. Thanks to our database panda LABORATORY CENTERthere is quick access and you can act effectively.
Together with this data resource panda LABORATORY CENTERwhat is the role of pandaLAB Pro ?
Denis Supplisson: Our solution pandalab Pro, secure instant messaging for health professionals, is the only one on the market that allows, in an integrated way, real-time communication between health professionals. pandaLAB Pro it allows, for example, a pharmacist to communicate with a doctor about a prescription. A caregiver in an EHPAD can also communicate with the doctor or provide important information to the hospital.
Integrated into all the group’s software solutions (it is at the heart of our health ecosystem, in the city, in hospitals and in establishments), this app is also standalone, available and offered to healthcare professionals who are not equipped with our solutions.
pandaLAB Pro can finally be used on the go through a smartphone, to communicate, send questionnaires and answer surveys. So much data that will help each caregiver in the care of their patients.
pandaLAB Pro has just received a double certification (ISO 27001 and HDS) for compliance with standards and security of health data.
What health professions are you targeting?
DS: The Equasens Group today has 1,200 employees, divided into 5 Divisions:
- THE PHARMAGEST DIVISION, with solutions dedicated to pharmacists. PHARMAGEST is present in France and in Europe. It takes up the DNA of the Equasens Group: originally, we were pharmacy experts. In addition, our main shareholder is a cooperative of pharmacists;
- The AXIGATE LINK Division, dedicated to health and medical-social establishments. It equips hospitals and especially EHPAD: in France, more than a third Structures that welcome dependent elderly people are equipped with our solutions. Regarding hospitalization at home (HAD), 60% of these devices trust our solutions in France. AXIGATE LINK also includes systems of nursing home care (SSIAD) and multidisciplinary health homes;
- Division SOFT MEDICAL, which has just been created, is aimed at doctors in the city. It also contains the publisher PROKOV EDITIONS, the French leader in publishing medical software on Mac. For now, 13,000 doctors use our solution. Being the doctor at the origin of the prescription, this new Division allows the Equasens Group to complete its support around the course of care;
- The E-CONNECT Division, launched 7 years ago to design our own health devices. Designs and manufactures medical equipment (connected electronic devices and devices) for healthcare professionals and their patients. In France, 80% of doctors, opticians and pharmacists, among others, use products developed by our engineers in our French factories, such as authentication devices. Thus, they guarantee the total security of the health data processed. This technical division also develops sanitary devices for patients. The devices are placed at your home or in nursing homes, in order to carry out monitoring, presence or activity controlthrough sensors. They collect information which is then returned to the Equasens servers. An artificial intelligence algorithm analyzes this data, and then provides information on the evolution or deterioration of your state of health;
- The FINTECH Division, which supports all our activities. It is a financing division, based on a platform developed by us. It interconnects banking establishments and makes it possible to offer healthcare professionals and establishments the most appropriate financing solution to your needs.
All these solutions are aimed at 80,000 healthcare professionals, distributed in 7 European countries (France, Germany, Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom). In addition, our health systems cover all the French. Each patient present in the territory necessarily has a patient file within one of our software.
What are the values that drive you?
TC: The Equasens Group was created 37 years ago and today has 1,200 employees united by a common identity: to be “citizens of health and well-being”. These citizens bring our 4 values to life.
proximity first : despite the Group’s European expansion, we remain close to our customers, whom we often meet at meetings organized throughout France. These exchanges are an opportunity to compare our vision with your needs in the field. Next, we work on the most suitable solution. Our Divisions that bring together many professions, expertise it is also an essential value. We have experts from these different health professions to respond to the great challenges.
Equasens is part of a permanent innovation, and therefore, anticipation needs is essential. Finally, optimism characterizes our Group. It is even symbolized by our logo, which represents a face turned towards the future, with a rainbow. We believe in people, in their intelligence and in our ability to find new solutions.
On the CSR side, these commitments are part of our DNA. We are not a publisher of polluting software. Our indicator of carbon emissions per person is one of the lowest in our market. Only our vehicles have an impact on our carbon footprint, but we try to hybridize our fleet of cars as much as possible. As for the premises that we have, they have been renovated or are in the process of being renovated. The goal: achieve energetic sobriety.
As for the social, our score dedicated to professional equality between women and men is 89/100 for the year 2021. A salary analysis is carried out so that each employee is at the same level according to his seniority, knowledge and experience. This attention reinforces harmony within teams. We have also launched a stock option plan for all employees, the second in 15 years.
Do you have a last word?
TC: We want to increase our international development, and expand our know-how in other areas of health. An offer dedicated to liberal nurses will also be available from the beginning of 2023..
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Source: BFM TV
