SCM Microsystems Provides Smart Card Readers for European NETC@RDS Health Care Project
June 13 2006 - 3:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Readers Enable Multi-Country Health Card Usage During 2006 World
Cup FREMONT, Calif., June 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SCM
Microsystems, Inc.
(NASDAQ:SCMMNASDAQ:PrimeNASDAQ:Standard:NASDAQ:SMY), a leading
provider of solutions that open the Digital World, today announced
that it is providing smart card readers for the European NETC@RDS
project during the 2006 Soccer World Cup in Germany. SCM's SCR3311
smart card readers are being used to read data from new European
health cards as well as the national health cards of various
countries, enabling World Cup athletes, staff and visitors from
participating nations to gain rapid access to health care services
while at the games. In addition to providing a common software
platform to read cards from multiple European countries, the
readers make it possible for national health cards, rather than
cumbersome paper forms, to be used as the base for billing with
insurance companies while traveling. SCM's smart card readers are
compatible with health cards from all countries participating in
the NETC@RDS program and compliant to the relevant standards for
e-health programs throughout Europe. During the 2006 World Cup,
SCM's readers are being implemented in about 20 hospitals near
where the soccer matches will take place. A broader circulation of
the readers to additional health care facilities in Germany will
follow over the next several months. "The 2006 World Cup follows
the Olympic Games in Athens as the second international mass event
where the NETC@RDS program has been made available to health card
holders," said Dr. Gerhard Brenner, NETC@RDS spokesman from the
central research institute of ambulatory Health Care in Germany.
"The use of smart cards to provide data significantly reduces
administrative operations at these venues. The NETC@RDS project is
not only a more modern approach, but is built on current national
health initiatives to ensure that ongoing program investments are
protected." "We are pleased that our readers are once again being
used to provide support the NETC@RDS project at a major world
sporting event," said Robert Schneider, chief executive officer of
SCM Microsystems. "NETC@RDS offers substantial advantages to
citizens as well as insurance companies, providing rapid access to
health care services in European countries and simplification of
billing for those services." About the NETC@RDS Project The
NETC@RDS Project aims to improve the access of mobile citizens to
trans-European health services by using advanced Web-oriented
applications based on IT systems, smart cards or a combination of
both. It also aims to implement and evaluate technical solutions
for the electronification of the European Health Insurance Card and
for improving additional services such as the inter-European health
costs clearing/billing processing. The consortium of the NETC@RDS
Project includes partners from France, Germany, Austria, Greece,
Finland, Italy, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary and
sub-contractors and/or supporters in many of the participating
countries. About the Central Research Institute of Ambulatory
Health Care in the Federal Republic of Germany (ZI) The Central
Research Institute of Ambulatory Health Care in the Federal
Republic of Germany is a non-profit research institute that was
founded in 1973. The field of research concentrates on issues of
the health system with priority to out-patient care. The research
work of the Central Research Institute is based on empirical
inquiries and anonymous data of the patient's demand for services
as documented by out-patient care providers. A focus is given to
disease management programs, screening programs and the
introduction of secure telematic applications in healthcare. There
is a close co-operation between the Central Research Institute,
university departments and the Federal Ministry of Labour and
Social Affairs, the Federal Ministry of Research and Technology and
the Federal Ministry of Health. Together with the insurance company
AOK Baden Wurttemberg, the institute coordinates the NETC@RDS
project within Germany. About SCM Microsystems SCM Microsystems is
a leading supplier of solutions that open the Digital World by
enabling people to conveniently access digital content and
services. The company develops, markets and sells the industry's
broadest range of smart card reader technology for secure PC,
network and physical access and digital media readers for transfer
of digital content to OEM customers in the government, financial,
enterprise, consumer electronics and photographic equipment markets
worldwide. Global headquarters are in Fremont, California, with
European headquarters in Ismaning, Germany. For additional
information, visit the SCM Microsystems web site at
http://www.scmmicro.com/. NOTE: All trade names are either
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
DATASOURCE: SCM Microsystems, Inc. CONTACT: Annika Oelsner, +49 89
95 95 5220, or , or Darby Dye, +1-510-360-2302, or Web site:
http://www.scmmicro.com/
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