HealthManagement, Volume 3 / Issue 2 / 2008

Gemalto Service to bring Slovenia’s e-Health Cards

 

According to Gemalto, a European digital security company,the new card to be implemented in Slovenia will be the firstin Europe to feature a Java public key infrastructure (PKI),which will enhance the online health system by offering digitalsignatures for healthcare professionals. In 2000, Slovenia wasamong the very first countries, together with France, to introducemicroprocessor-based health cards. The country is nowrenewing and upgrading the two million e-Health cards currentlyin circulation in the country. The latest generation ofGemalto e-Health solutions for Slovenia will significantly enhanceonline services for health professionals by enablingthem to go through their administrative tasks faster and exchangemedical data and messages with hospitals and otherhealth professionals in an easy and secure manner.

 

For more information, please visit: http://www.gemalto.com/

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