e-Health Card Terminal From SCM Microsystems Receives GEMATIK Certification
January 15 2008 - 2:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
MKT+ Certification Provides Migration Path for Healthcare Providers
to New Electronic Health Card System in Germany FREMONT, Calif.,
Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SCM Microsystems, Inc.
(NASDAQ:SCMM), a leading provider of solutions that open the
Digital World, today announced that its eHealth100 health card
terminal has received certification to be used as an MKT+ terminal
(multi-functional terminal) from GEMATIK, the organization
overseeing the implementation of the electronic health card program
in Germany. The German e-Health card program is the largest
electronic healthcare project in the world to date, with planned
deployment of 82 million electronic health insurance cards and
thousands of health provider cards over the next few years. As MKT+
certified devices, SCM's eHealth100 health card terminals can be
used by healthcare providers in Germany to read both currently
existing health insurance cards (KVK) and soon to be deployed
health care cards (eGK) of patients. Unlike the majority of card
readers currently in use within Germany's healthcare system, MKT+
certified terminals ensure that doctors, hospitals and other
medical professionals will be able to accept and read information
from both old memory cards and new processor-based cards during the
country's transition to a new e-health card system. In addition to
reading patient cards in both the old and new formats, SCM's
eHealth100 terminal also can be used to read the health
professional cards (HPC) of doctors, pharmacists, therapists and
other healthcare providers, as well as Secure Module Cards (SMC) in
ID-000 format for secure data communication. Additionally, the
terminal can be used as a SICCT terminal (Secure Interoperable Chip
Card Terminal) that can be integrated into the local network of
healthcare providers to ensure secure data communication within the
German eHealth program's planned secure network, or "telematics"
infrastructure. Hence, the eHealth100 addresses the card reader
requirements of the German electronic health card program at every
stage of its development -- now; in the transition period when
electronic cards are deployed but the telematics platform is not
yet operational; and in the future, when all parts of the system
are complete and fully activated. "The ability to support current
and future technology in parallel is an important requirement to
support the emerging electronic health card system in Germany,"
said Dietmar Wendling, Vice President Marketing of SCM
Microsystems. "As a certified MKT+ device, the eHealth100 terminal
provides a solid migration path for doctors and other providers who
are looking to invest in one terminal that will address their
interface needs both now and in the future. SCM Microsystems has
once again demonstrated its leading role in the development of
innovative smart card readers and terminals." 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 contact and contactless
smart card reader technology for secure PC, payment systems,
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 Ismaning, Germany. For
additional information, visit the SCM Microsystems web site at
http://www.scmmicro.com/. Note: All trademarks are the property of
their respective owners. DATASOURCE: SCM Microsystems, Inc.
CONTACT: Darby Dye, +1-510-249-4883, , or Annika Oelsner, +49 89
9595-5220, , both of SCM Microsystems, Inc. Web site:
http://www.scmmicro.com/
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