CardTech SecurTech 99 Brief report on German situation

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CardTech SecurTech 99Brief report on German
situation

• by
• Dipl. Inform. Jürgen Sembritzki
• Director, Department of Medical Informatics

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(C) Dipl.Inform. Jürgen Sembritzki
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The Health Insurance Card (Versichertenkarte)
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The Insurance Card in Germany problems
encountered

• possible forgery
• uncontrollable misuse of cards
• change of patients behaviour
• limited functions
• impairment of the information flow between
  physicians

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The second generation of the Insurance Card

• in discussion
• aiming at the year 2002

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Health Professional Card
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Health Professional Card (HPC)

• Identification
• Authentication
• Encryption
• Digital Signature
• Additional functionalities
• Qualifications

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Health Professional Card

• Technical Specification
• Version 0.9 Preliminary Final Draft open for
  discussion
• Version 1.0 ( Draft Final ) until end of May
• First Pilots in
• Bavaria
• Lower Saxony
• North Rhine Westphalia

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More Information

• www.hcp-protocol.de
• Health Care Professionals Protocol
• www.kbv.de
• www.kbv-it.de
• www.zi-koeln.de
• www.dgn.de

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Under Development

• Implementation of a security infrastructure
• Definition of a security policy
• Preparation of field tests of
• New Health Insurance card (second generation)
• Electronic prescription
• NETLINK components

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ISO TC 215 "Health Informaticsat its last
meeting in Berlin, 12-14th April 1999established
a new working group

• WG 5 Health Cards
• Call for experts is out

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E-mail

• JSembritzki_at_KBV.de
• or
• J.Sembritzki_at_t-online.de