Slovenia rolls out eHealth card system

Abstract

The Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia is set to rollout a new eHealth insurance card system throughout the country. The new system, based on IBM technology, enables healthcare providers to check a patient's health insurance status and enables health claims to be processed onlinThe nationwide rollout follows in the footsteps of a pilot a programme that was held at the Dr Franc Derganc General Hospital in the Nova Gorica region of Slovenia.