SCM announces first smart card terminal

FREMONT, CA: SCM Microsystems Inc. smart card terminal, eHealth 100, that

addresses the German eHealth card program requirements for handling patients'

sensitive data is claimed to be the first health card terminal compliant with

the SICCT (Secure Interoperable Chip Card Terminal) specification.

SICCT is a catalogue of requirements for smart card terminals used in the

German eHealth program telematics infrastructure, a secure network through which

information about patients and their care can be shared.

The telematic network is expected to connect all doctors, pharmacists,

hospitals, medical facilities and insurance companies within Germany.

SCM's eHealth terminal is compliant for use with both the electronic health

card (eGK), which is to be issued to 82 million insured individuals in Germany

beginning in 2007, and the health professional card (HPC), expected to allow

every professional in the health care sector to access and edit patient data.

Insurance information and other healthcare data such as prescriptions,

emergency data and medical records are stored on the eGK card and can be

immediately accessible whenever and wherever it is needed.

The eGK card also enables patients to participate in their medical care by

giving them the ability to share additional information with health care

providers.

“As a leading developer of smart card reader solutions for the government,

financial and enterprise markets, we are proud to offer the first smart card

terminal for the German eHealth program,” commented Robert Schneider, chief

executive officer of SCM Microsystems.

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