Doctolib’s French consultation assistant can generate notes in a standalone workspace or work inside Doctolib Médecin. The difference matters after the conversation: a generated summary may need to be copied into another medical system, while the integrated version can add reviewed information to the consultation record. Neither route removes the clinician’s responsibility to check the notes. Standalone workflow · Integrated version
This is a reading guide to public French product documents checked in October 2026. It compares the route from audio to working notes to the medical record; it does not assess a practice’s configuration, legal compliance or clinical performance.
The same product name covers different workflows
Doctolib’s standalone support page is aimed at users of its free version and appointment system, with a separate link for users of its medical software. The integrated support page describes the paid Doctolib Médecin version, available through the desktop application.
The common task is to turn a consultation conversation into draft documentation. What happens around that task differs by version.
From conversation to record
The following comparison describes the documented workflow, rather than a test of either version’s accuracy or usability.
| Stage | Standalone assistant | Integrated Doctolib Médecin assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Starting | Open a note in the assistant workspace; the guide includes a confirmation that the patient has been informed about recording. | The assistant appears in the consultation; the guide describes automatic capture by default, with an option to change that setting. |
| During capture | Pause, resume or remove the captured session, then generate a summary from the transcript. | Pause and resume capture within the consultation, then generate notes. |
| Checking | Read, change and validate the proposed summary; the transcript can help check what was said. | Check the complete notes before validating the summary. |
| Entering the record | Copy selected notes, key medical data or the full summary into the medical software. | Reviewed information can be saved in the consultation report; relevant information can be added to the patient record when the clinician chooses. |
Sources: standalone instructions and Doctolib Médecin instructions.
A generated summary, a validated summary and a saved entry in the medical record are therefore different states. In the standalone route, generating text does not by itself establish that the text has reached another clinical system.
Review is a documented step, not an accuracy claim
The standalone guide explicitly warns that generated notes can include information not mentioned during the consultation or omit information that was discussed. It requires checking the whole summary before validation. It also describes editing the text or resuming capture to add information. Review and correction instructions
That warning gives review a concrete purpose: the clinician must check both additions and omissions. A polished structure does not establish that the content matches the conversation.
The integrated page separately describes a French-language, single-patient intended use, while broader product material makes wider language claims. Those statements should not be flattened into a promise that every version behaves identically across languages. Version-specific support and intended-use wording are more useful than transferring a general marketing claim to a particular setup.
For the different question of whether AI documentation tools save time in practice, see our review of AI-scribe time evidence. A feature description is not an outcome study.
Temporary working material and the patient record have different lifetimes
Doctolib’s product page says consultation audio is not retained after the consultation and describes a 48-hour period for transcripts and note suggestions. It separately says information added to a patient record is retained under the medical software’s record-retention arrangements. Product retention statements
The standalone guide contains more specific wording about deleting the transcript and key medical data within 48 hours after validation. These are descriptions of temporary assistant materials, not a promise to erase a clinical note that has been copied or saved elsewhere.
The integrated guide also warns about opening the same consultation on two computers at once: changes can be lost or overwritten. It advises closing the consultation on one machine before opening it on another. That is another reason to distinguish the active workspace from the completed clinical record. Multi-computer guidance
Keep investment news separate from product evidence
Doctolib’s 13 October announcement described a planned minority investment from NVIDIA. Later reporting does not make that announcement a newly completed transaction, and an investment announcement does not establish the accuracy of generated notes. Original investment announcement
For this product question, the useful distinctions remain practical: which version is being described, who checks the draft, how approved information enters the record and which materials are temporary. Those facts are more informative than assuming that an assistant’s ability to generate notes also settles the rest of the documentation process.