Deployment Journal: Marseille - Episode 1

Saint-Joseph: The Great Leap into the Arena

The air is thick with sea salt and a particular kind of electricity this Monday morning in Marseille. Standing before the gates of Saint-Joseph Hospital, a cornerstone of healthcare in the Phocaean city, a small team keeps a steady eye on the building. Inès, Erwan, Nico Delrue, and Nico Pagès aren't here for a simple social call. They are on a mission that feels like a mountain climb: transforming, department by department, the digital heart of this massive hospital.

In their bags, they carry no heavy tools—only lines of code and unshakeable conviction. They are the faces of an adventure set to last until October 2026. A mission where every minute counts, because behind every screen, there is a life.

Galeon and the EHR: Reinventing the Hospital's "Brain"

To understand what’s at stake, one must imagine the hospital as a human body. Until now, each department (emergency, maternity, surgery) often functioned with its own habits, its own paperwork, or isolated software.

This is where Galeon and its EHR (Electronic Health Record) come in.

The EHR is the hospital's central nervous system. It’s a single, digital, and shared file that follows the patient from their admission to the ER all the way to their discharge after surgery. Our goal? To eliminate lost files, redundant exams, and endless paperwork. We want to give healthcare workers back their most precious asset: time to care.

Saint-Joseph marks a historic moment for us: it is the very first hospital to entrust us with the entirety of its services. This is what we call Mission Marseille.

The Chronicle: Between White Nights and First Cries

The Reality Check: The "Driver" Wall

The deployment begins in the arena. We leave the theory of the offices for the reality of the white-tiled floors. The first obstacle? The hospital's printers refuse to print patient wristbands due to "driver" issues (the small programs that allow the computer to talk to the printer).

There is no compromising on safety. The team makes a radical decision: we postpone the launch by 24 hours. We verify every wristband, in every department, by hand. Healthcare does not tolerate guesswork.

11:02 PM: The Control Tower Ignites

Tuesday night, the hospital's IT room looks like a NASA control tower. Screens are scrolling. The team is "fired up." We are correcting and adjusting what we call interoperability (Galeon's ability to "talk" with the hospital's 20 other software systems).

Suddenly, a chill: a coding error at 11 PM! "What the hell did they do!" Stress is at its peak, but Galeon's agility answers the call. Within minutes, the situation is rectified. At midnight, the final patches are sent. The green light is given.

The Reward: Life in Real-Time

Wednesday, 8:00 AM. The neonatology module flickers to life. In the ward, the first cesarean files are created. And then, the magic moment: the first "Galeon" baby at Saint-Joseph lets out its first cry.

In the hallways, Inès and Nico Delrue watch as the staff adopt the tool with disconcerting ease. "Within hours, they didn't need us anymore," Inès confides with pride. The software faded into the background to make room for life.

The Adventure is Just Beginning

The first week comes to an end. Maternity is secure, and the ER has made the switch. But the summit is still far off. Next week, we launch the assault on Surgery and inpatient wards.

As Vincent, one of our pioneer investors who came to support us on-site, puts it: the team keeps its promises. Marseille is becoming the flagship for the healthcare of tomorrow.

To be continued... Episode 2: Immersed in Surgery.