Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital
security, today announced commercial launch of its Sealys e-health
terminal, specially designed for the German market. The product has been
approved by Gematik, which establishes that it meets the stringent
security requirements of the country's e-healthcare system. Gematik is
the authority in charge of defining and approving the healthcare
infrastructure in Germany. The Gemalto terminal has been designed with
convenience and ease of use in mind: it is remarkably compact and offers
a large display for greater ergonomics.
The product is fully and immediately operational with the current
healthcare system. It also has all the necessary features to operate in
online mode in connection with the future ?Telematik? infrastructure,
due to be implemented in 2010, and will offer health professionals all
the services provided by this new healthcare system.
New services include access to the patient's electronic medical file and
emergency data such as blood group, allergies and ongoing treatment
records. Doctors will also be able to issue electronic prescriptions
that facilitate data exchange with pharmacists and reduce fraud, while
eliminating paperwork. The Gemalto terminal offers optional connection
of biometric and contactless devices, allowing doctors to sign
e-prescriptions using their fingerprint or any contactless device.
?Gemalto is a key player in the German healthcare program with major
contracts related to the e-health card. Our customers will benefit from
perfect interoperability along with deep knowledge of the application,
and not simply from a terminal point of view as any hardware vendor,? commented
Jacques Seneca, executive vice president of the Security Business Unit
for Gemalto. ?After the success of the ?GCR 550?, our classic health
card reader, this new release has been developed to incorporate the
latest technological advances requested by German health professionals.?
For complete description of the device, please visit: http://www.gemalto.com/brochures/download/german_healthcare_reader.pdf
About Gemalto
Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO) is the world leader in digital
security with 2008 annual revenues of €1.68 billion, and 10,000
employees operating out of 75 offices, research and service centers in
40 countries.
Gemalto is at the heart of our evolving digital society. The freedom to
communicate, travel, shop, bank, entertain, and work?anytime,
anywhere?has become an integral part of what people want and expect, in
ways that are convenient, enjoyable and secure.
Gemalto delivers on the growing demands of billions of people worldwide
for mobile connectivity, identity and data protection, credit card
safety, health and transportation services, e-government and national
security. We do this by supplying to governments, wireless operators,
banks and enterprises a wide range of secure personal devices, such as
subscriber identification modules (SIM) in mobile phones, smart banking
cards, smart card access badges, electronic passports, and USB tokens
for online identity protection. To complete the solution we also provide
software, systems and services to help our customers achieve their goals.
As the use of Gemalto's software and secure devices increases with the
number of people interacting in the digital and wireless world, the
company is poised to thrive over the coming years.
For more information please visit www.gemalto.com.
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