The electronic doctor's card can replace the conventional medical ID card. It contains a microchip which stores the doctor's signature, enabling them to sign electronic documents in a legally valid way, and encrypt and decrypt data to transmit it securely. Contract doctors can also use the card to make online charges to the medical association for their services.
Professor Dr Frieder Hessenauer, President of the Medical Association of Rhineland-Pfalz, said that the medical associations in Rheinland-Pfalz are the first in Germany to offer such a card to their members.
He added: "The medical associations in Rhineland-Pfalz have done their homework reliably and timely, and set up for their members a completely non-bureaucratic, secure and protected members' area on the website of the district medical association."
With three easy steps doctors can now apply for the electronic doctor's card.
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Quelle/Source: epractice, 18.02.2011
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