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[Smart cards in health services].

O Rienhoff1

  • 1Medizinisches Rechenzentrum, Abt. Medizinische Informatik, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. haegar@med.uni-goettingen.de

Zeitschrift Fur Arztliche Fortbildung Und Qualitatssicherung
|November 2, 2001
PubMed
Summary

Smart cards in healthcare have been explored since the 1980s, with European nations leading analysis. Despite their security benefits for electronic health communication, adoption in Germany is slow due to management

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Area of Science:

  • Health Informatics
  • Information Security in Healthcare
  • Smart Card Technology

Context:

  • Global efforts since the 1980s to implement smart cards in healthcare.
  • European countries, including the UK, France, and Germany, have conducted significant analyses.
  • Early smart card systems, like service access cards and the Health Professional Card, are now conceptually outdated.

Purpose:

  • To analyze the historical utilization and current challenges of smart cards in healthcare.
  • To investigate the reasons behind the hesitant adoption of smart card technology in Germany.
  • To highlight the discrepancy between the recognized importance of smart cards and their implementation.

Summary:

  • Despite decades of research and development in smart card technology for healthcare, particularly in Europe, current systems are outdated.
  • Germany exhibits a notable hesitation in adopting smart cards for secure electronic health communication.
  • This reluctance appears linked to a deficit in informatics knowledge among senior management in German healthcare and politics.

Impact:

  • Identifies a critical barrier to advancing secure electronic health records and communication in Germany.
  • Suggests a need for enhanced informatics training for healthcare leadership.
  • Underscores the potential security risks associated with delayed adoption of modern smart card solutions.

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