Patrice Gilbert
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PetalMD cloud platform aims to solve this . Comprised of Petal Booking , Petal Scheduling and Petal On-Call , this innovative platform hopes to facilitate patient appointment booking , optimize physician schedule management and secure information exchange .
“ The first module is physician scheduling : it allows a group of physicians to better manage their group schedules ,” explains Gilbert . “ The platform allows physicians to create , manage and share their schedules more easily in real – time . It seems obvious that a group of physicians would have this technology today , but most of the time , when we deploy PetalMD we replace pen and paper .”
Combined with its Petal On-Call module , Gilbert says that physicians also have access to a hospital dashboard , a clever tool that gives staff easy access to the hospital ’ s on-call list in real-time , on any device . “ This makes sure that all the staff at the hospital know who is on – call as well as the physician ’ s schedule for the clinic . It saves faxes and emails back and forth and it can improve hospital productivity by making sure that everybody who needs to access this information can do so in real – time ,” he notes .
With its third and final module , Petal Booking , the platform also offers rich
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Patrice Gilbert
Founder and CEO at PetalMD , Patrice Gilbert began his career as a product engineer at Thales Canada and Domosys . His natural leadership and vision led him to a position as Team Leader in Product Development at Taleo , where he moved up the ranks to become Product Manager for Eastern Europe in Germany . In 2009 , he returned to Quebec and founded PetalMD , which earned him the title of Young Business Person of the Year for Technology and Research in 2010 . Today , his passion for product development drives him towards finding new and innovative technological solutions for healthcare professionals . DECEMBER 2018