Gemalto has been awarded the tender held by insurance organization AOK (Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse) to supply and personalise e-health cards for their insured in Germany. The contract win comes after Gemalto took part in Germany's first healthcare pilot programme based on highly secure microprocessor cards.
Gemalto's advanced digital healthcare solution will avoid duplicate examinations and therefore lessen unnecessary use of healthcare services. In addition, the health card will carry electronic prescriptions, which will reduce paperwork significantly. By allowing data update once the card is in the field, the system enables insurance funds to potentially adjust their cost of ownership.
The card will also act as an active security device to perform strong authentication of the patient, therefore contributing to reducing fraud costs and increasing privacy.
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