{"id":112,"date":"2026-09-30T08:07:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T08:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/578bd2a683.7a9.mcms.ovh.net\/?cas_usage=afcare-doctolib-healthcare-mobility"},"modified":"2026-09-30T08:07:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T08:07:28","slug":"afcare-doctolib-healthcare-mobility","status":"publish","type":"cas_usage","link":"https:\/\/578bd2a683.7a9.mcms.ovh.net\/?cas_usage=afcare-doctolib-healthcare-mobility","title":{"rendered":"How SpringCard supported AFCare and Doctolib with a mobility solution for healthcare professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our client Fran\u00e7ois Sendra, co-founder in 2017 of the AFCare start-up, runs a company that supports software publishers serving self-employed health professionals (doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, etc.) who want to develop a mobility project linked to SESAM-Vitale.<\/p>\n<p>In a project carried out for Doctolib, AFCare turned to SpringCard to design a PC\/SC and Bluetooth smart card reader, addressing usage and security requirements, with its intelligence driven by a mobile application on iOS and Android.<\/p>\n<p>The main challenges for AFCare were to meet the different usage and security requirements of healthcare professionals, namely:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a two-slot reader able to read Vitale cards as well as CPS cards,<\/li>\n<li>a reader that works over both USB and Bluetooth,<\/li>\n<li>a small, light reader, easy to carry with as much autonomy as possible,<\/li>\n<li>a secure reader for the encryption of BLE data,<\/li>\n<li>an approved reader meeting the security requirements of GIE SESAM-Vitale.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It was in close collaboration with our R&amp;D office that the reader was custom-designed and tested in its environment for several months, until reaching a perfectly adapted solution.<\/p>\n<p>Once these steps were completed, the DoctoReader was redesigned to meet Doctolib&#8217;s product guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>The reader is now used by nearly 600 healthcare professionals, equipped both in the office in PC\/SC mode and, above all, on the move thanks to its BLE mode, for general practitioners making home visits.<\/p>\n<p>More than a year after its commercial launch, feedback from doctors has been very positive, with no correction needed at either the electronic or firmware level.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fran\u00e7ois Sendra: \u201cThe forecasts are trending upward for 2022 and 2023, with a strategy to extend the DoctoReader network to physiotherapists and nurses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Proof of a project smoothly delivered by the Doctolib, AFCare and SpringCard teams.<\/p>\n<p>AFCare turned to SpringCard for its 20-plus years of expertise in designing electronic products and for the quality of its services.<\/p>\n<p>From the very first exchanges with our engineering office team, Fran\u00e7ois Sendra describes how the SpringCard teams adapted to meet the challenges of a custom product: \u201cA professional approach to the deliverable while staying agile on the project&#8217;s development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AFCare has since been acquired by Doctolib. SpringCard continues to collaborate with its loyal partner Fran\u00e7ois Sendra, now Director of Hardware Engineering at Doctolib.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpringCard custom-designed the DoctoReader, a PC\/SC and Bluetooth smart card reader for healthcare professionals, now used by nearly 600 practitioners with AFCare and Doctolib.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":58,"template":"","class_list":["post-112","cas_usage","type-cas_usage","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/578bd2a683.7a9.mcms.ovh.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/cas_usage\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/578bd2a683.7a9.mcms.ovh.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/cas_usage"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/578bd2a683.7a9.mcms.ovh.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/cas_usage"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/578bd2a683.7a9.mcms.ovh.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/578bd2a683.7a9.mcms.ovh.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}