Via their electronic health record (EHR; elektronické zdravotní knížky - EZK, in Czech), citizens can easily obtain online a report of their healthcare, which contains a list of health procedures, tests, visits to doctors and medicines prescribed, plus the charges and payments corresponding to them. If a citizen finds any discrepancy in their report, they can contact their health insurance company to ask for a revision of the apparent irregularities.
Read more: CZ: Online service launched to provide reports of healthcare events and charges
Data boxes serve as a secure repository of official electronic communications with the public authorities. The new portal provides in one place comprehensive information on and the services on the information system of data boxes (ISDS). In addition, the portal provides users with several secure ways to login, and also makes available interactive electronic forms.
The record figure confirms that data boxes, which serve as a secure repository of official electronic communications with the public authorities, are increasingly popular. Over the past 12 months, usage has increased by 35 %.
The May statistics also indicate that users have become accustomed to the data box system and do not have problems with its operation. There is a delivery success login rate of 97 %, which means that 97 messages out of 100 are read by the recipient within 10 days of delivery.
Regional hygiene stations (Krajská hygienická stanice - KHS, in Czech) monitor water quality at selected lakes during the summer, roughly May to September. In the period of the school summer holidays, the stations are also engaged in monitoring health levels at children's camps.
Read more: CZ: New websites for checking the quality of bathing waters and summer camps
Up until now, the only official symbol of Czech eGovernment has been eGON, a cartoon figure that symbolises the computerisation of public administration to produce a faster, cheaper and user-friendly public administration using ICT. eGON is used to symbolise the transformation of public administration and promote among citizens the easiness of use of important public services such as Czech POINT and Data Boxes.