In July 2007, Gemalto was awarded a tender by Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse (AOK), Germany’s biggest health insurer, to supply and personalize e- health-cards. The contract win comes after Gemalto participated in Germany’s first healthcare program based on highly secure microprocessor cards.

 

Gemalto’s new digital healthcare solution will avoid duplicate examinations, cutting unnecessary use of healthcare services. The new cards will also carry ePrescriptions, significantly reducing paperwork, and in-the-field data updates will mean the new system enables insurance funds to potentially adjust their cost of ownership. The Sealys Health Insurance cards will be produced at the local Gemalto Filderstadt site.

 

The Sealys Health Insurance card, Gemalto’s latest-generation card, will also act as an active security device to perform strong patient authentication, thus slashing fraud. The cards will enable secure access to an electronic file including emergency data such as blood group, allergies alerts and ongoing treatments. The cards will only be readable if the patient consents by entering the card’s PIN.