Taiwan National Health Card

Application

The card is used as an intelligent patient data card in a secure PKI environment for confidential communication and patient data transfer.

Patient card data contents

• Anamnesis (chronic illnesses and long-term prescriptions)
• Emergency data
• Organ donor ID
• Vaccination and pregnancy records
• Electronic doctor's certificate
• Electronic prescription
• Cost tracking
• Calculation of treatment costs and deductibles

Technology

• Sm@rtCafé^® Expert: JAVA^TM card operating system
• Hitachi AE 450 32 KB microprocessor chip
• Symmetrical (3DES) and asymmetrical (RSA) encryption

Material

• PET
• Melinex
• PVC as an alternative

Security characteristics of the card body

• Guilloches
• Rainbow printing
• Microline
• UV
• OVI or STEP
• Optional transparent holograms as overlay

Volume

• 24 million Patient Data Cards (PDC's)
• 350,000 Health Professional Cards (HPC)
• Security module cards for securing the terminals

• Schedule: Cards have been issued since July 2002
• Budget: USD 170 million
• Savings potential: USD 190 million, i.e. break-even was achieved in the first year

For further information please contact:

Evelin von Paleske
Phone: +49(0)89/4119-1837
Fax: +49(0)89/4119-2778

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