Netcrds TransEuropean Health Care Access Facilities for Mobile Citizens

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Netc_at_rdsTrans-European Health Care Access
Facilities for Mobile Citizens

• 2nd meeting of the Porvoo GroupSeminar on
  Interoperable European Electronic ID/Public
  Service Cards
• Dublin - 20-21 November 2002

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Project Background (1998-2002)

• Cross-border procedure simplification offered to
  citizens in the frame of bilateral agreements
• TRANSCARDS both French and Belgian insured of
  the cross-border area of Thiérache may have
• E111/112 e-forms issued by local hospitals while
  reading insurance data out of VITALE as well as
  of SIS cards.
• NETLINK French patients from the region of
  Alsace going to Germany for hemo-dialysis may
  have
• E112 E-forms issued by near-border German
  Hospitals located in the land of Bade-Württemberg
  while reading insurance data out of the VITALE
  card.

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Project status

• A running project in the framework of
• e-TEN Programme, Call 2001/2, DG INFSO.
• Trans-European telecommunications networks for
  Health.
• Action Line TI 2.6
• Its purpose is to
• Prepare and set-up of Trans-European Health
  Services for mobile Citizens.

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NETC_at_RDS kernel consortium

• Core partners on behalf of their National
  Authority.

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Cooperation links

• Official support from eESC Steering Committee
• NETC_at_RDS in line with the eESCC goals and
  objectives (i.e. e-Government, e-Health).
• Strong link with the TBs activities (TB4,TB11).
• Endorsement letters from
• KSZ-BCSS (Social Security), Belgium.
• The Province of Quebec, Canada.
• RAMQ (Quebec) as cooperation partner.
• Cooperation with other Pan-E.U projects
  initiatives (EHTEL).

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Global Objectives

• Netc_at_rds Consortium will promote the wide usage
  of electronic forms as proof of entitlement based
  on applicable regulation in order to
• Enable EU citizens receiving health care
  benefits-in-kind within another Member State
• While travelling within or temporarily residing
  in that country.
• Foster health-related services
• Based on interoperable applications combining
  smart cards with IT Networks technology.

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European Health Forms

• The most currently used E-forms are
• E111 Temporary stay abroad (e.g. Tourists).
• E128 Education, posted work or professional
  training abroad.
• These E-forms are obtained
• On request of the insured citizen
• From her/his Health/Sickness Insurance Office
• Prior to the trip abroad.

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Project scope

• TARGET population
• Citizens from Austria, France and Germany during
  a temporary stay abroad, in Austria, France,
  Germany and Greece for tourism, education, posted
  work or professional training.
• TARGET health providers
• Hospitals, Health Centres, in pilot areas

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Links with national card schemes

• AUSTRIA (10 M cards) FRANCE (60 M cards)
• Health micro-processor cards with memory mapping
  specifications to include trans-European area
  (E111, E128).
• GERMANY (potentially 80 M cards)
• Health (memory) cards as proof of identification
  completed by on-line application servers.
• GREECE (potentially 70 hospitals concerned)
• Hospitals to read smart cards issued by European
  Member-States in the context of the Olympic Games
  of 2004.

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NETC_at_RDS scenarios
E111/128 state data server
Insured home country
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Areas of common interest

• Contribute to development and implementation of a
  convergence policy towards
• E.U. citizenship card.
• Skills and mobility in the E.U.
• Balanced Health Care quality of service.
• Information Society (i.e. e-Government)
• Open technical solutions for
• Same services offered via different methods (e.g.
  in card and/or on-line applications).

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Expected benefits

• Cost savings
• Lowering cost of cross-border claims
  clearing/control
• Reducing paper in dataflow processing.
• Business opportunities
• Fostering the implementation of Smart Cards and
  secure IT networking applications within the E.U.
• Social improvements
• Improving Health Care access for mobile citizens.

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Project timeframe (estimated)

• Phase 1 Business Plan and Market Validation
• Timeframe September 2002 August 2003
• Phase 2 Initial Deployment (forecast)
• Timeframe September 2003 October 2005
• Consortium open to additional E.U. Member-States
• Phase 3 Full Deployment (forecast)
• Timeframe 2006 2010
• Consortium extension to all E.U. Member-States

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Delivery of Phase 1

• A description of
• The Netc_at_rds idea, the targets and expected
  benefits
• The existing infrastructure in the 4 Member
  States
• The specifications to be implemented in the 4 MS
  for
• The necessary bi/multilateral agreements
• The new elements to be developed
• A financial plan
• A promotion strategy,
• i.e. a Business Plan and a Market Validation
• A series of dissemination and co-operation
  activities

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QA

• GIE SESAM-Vitale
• 5, boulevard Alexandre Oyon
• 72019 Le Mans Cedex 2,
• France
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• Fax [phone]
• E-Mail international.project_at_sesam-vitale.fr
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