DOCAPOST and Tactio Announce Strategic Partnership to Accelerate the Development of eHealth in France

Press Release (ePRNews.com) - PARIS, France - Jun 16, 2017 - DOCAPOST, a subsidiary of Le Groupe La Poste, and Tactio Health Group, the world leader in mobile health systems, have teamed up to speed up the development of eHealth in France.

This partnership is supported by DOCAPOST’s industrial capabilities in the health prevention and telehealth sectors in France. Tactio brings its genuine technological expertise and business savvy in mobile and connected health, developed in the Canadian and American markets to grow new and innovative practices in these sectors in France.

The expected synergies will provide a complete end-to-end digital health solution covering 2 areas:

• A technological partnership which will lead to a close collaboration between the two companies on new telemedicine and eHealth projects in France in order to promote the large-scale development of eHealth solutions in France;
• ​​​A business partnership which will lead DOCAPOST to incorporate Tactio solutions into its offering portfolio in France, also combined with DOCAPOST’s Internet of Things (IoT) and healthcare solutions.

Tactio offers eHealth and telemedicine solutions that combine mobile apps, clinical portals, hundreds of connected health integrations (including Garmin, A&D, Fitbit, Roche, Nonin, Omron and Welch Allyn), patient questionnaires, digital coaching programs and HIPAA-compliant messaging.

Ranked among the leading in the industry according to different market studies¹, Tactio’s solutions are now used by global healthcare organizations (insurers and health mutuals, hospitals, home health providers, pharmacy chains, pharmaceutical companies, research laboratories and medical devices manufacturers).

Powering telehealth initiatives from payers, providers and pharma, its wide range of clinical applications includes chronic disease monitoring, population health screening, clinical research, post-acute care and pre/post-surgery programs. TactioRPM is registered as a Class 1 with the FDA (US), CE (EU) and ANVISA (Brazil).

DOCAPOST, a subsidiary of Le Groupe La Poste, is particularly active in the eHealth sector: the leading healthcare data host with more than 45 million healthcare records hosted and managed daily, operator of personal medical files (DMP), pharmaceutical files (DP) for Health Insurance and the National Order of Pharmacists (such as Malakoff Médéric Vigisanté program, MGEN Vivoptim program, Carte Blanche Partenaires), and an operator of IoT Health and Silver platforms (Digital hub of La Poste). DOCAPOST is positioning itself on the whole value chain of technological services across the digital world, as publisher, integrator, operator, hosting company in the prevention and health fields. DOCAPOST has made the healthcare sector the strategic hub for the development of its business.

“This strategic partnership with Tactio aims to accelerate the development of eHealth in France by offering our clients (health institutions, insurers and mutuals, hospitals…) practical solutions widely proven on the international market and respecting our regulatory framework,” said Olivier Vallet, CEO of DOCAPOST.

As for Tactio, “it is about leveraging the potential of our technologies, ideas, products and know-how by relying on the practical knowledge and health expertise of DOCAPOST and its deep industrial capacities to widely spread out solutions to preserve the health capital of French individuals and help them better manage and monitor their health on a daily basis,” said Michel Nadeau, CEO of Tactio Group.

Tactio will demonstrate its health solutions and platform at Vivatech (booth #La Poste) in Paris from June 15 to 17 2017. 

About DOCAPOST – http://www.docapost.com

As a subsidiary of Le Groupe La Poste, Docapost assists companies with their digital and mobile transformation process. Docapost enables companies, local authorities and administrations to optimize and digitize their business processes and their relations with customers, employees, suppliers and citizens. Docapost offers tailor-made and turnkey solutions combining consulting with the joint creation of innovative products and services. Docapost has nearly 5,000 employees dotted across 60 sites in France and generated revenues of €455m in 2016. Docapost also operates in numerous other countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain and Mexico. Docapost’s products and services are audited and certified by independent organizations to ensure full reliability.

About TACTIO – http://www.tactiohealth.com

Tactio Health Group helps innovative healthcare organizations make the patient experience mobile, digital and connected with a telehealth platform that combines the power of apps, health IoT and cloud services.  Powering telehealth initiatives from payers, providers and pharma, its wide range of clinical applications includes chronic disease monitoring, population health screening, clinical research and post-acute care. Founded in 2009, Tactio is headquartered in Montreal servicing services payers, providers and pharma through a global network of channel partners in North America, Europe and South America. Tactio health apps have been downloaded by more than 4.5 million users in 135 countries and 17 languages. 

MEDIA CONTACTS :

• Charles Coutu-Nadeau, Product Manager, Tactio, +1 514-657-7628 x787; 
  ccnadeau@tactiohealth.com
   
• Catherine Bozon, Press Contact, La Poste Group, +33 (0)1-54-44-22-37; 
  catherine.bozon@laposte.fr 
   
• Charlotte Barotin, Press Contact, DOCAPOST,  +33 (0)1-41-34-20-97; cbarotin@lepublicsysteme.fr 

¹ Frost & Sullivan “Growth Opportunities in the US Telehealth Market, Forecast to 2021”