As already achieved for local GPs, our solution is now also significantly simplifying administration at other health service providers, which now have the possibility to use the e-card infrastructure and its applications. Kapsch offers a complete package for the installation and maintenance of this infrastructure,” explains Dr. Kari Kapsch, Chairman of the Board of Kapsch BusinessCom. The e-card infrastructure has already been successfully implemented across Austria at 11,230 local GPs’ surgeries.
One of the first e-card services, which was specially developed by the central association and its subsidiary SVC, is the insurance data query service (VDAS). This allows all insurance-related details to be read by the e-card system in “real time” as soon as a patient is admitted to hospital.
By integrating the “e-card appliance” (eHI-Net connection, sGINA and LAN card reader), Kapsch offers health service providers the possibility to use other e-card services to improve patient care: Examples of this are the medication approval service (ABS), electronic payments and e-Medication. The e-card infrastructure can also be used for secure communication between the health service providers.
Kapsch services for implementation of the e-card
Kapsch is the only system integrator to supply and deliver the necessary hardware and software on site. Kapsch configures the necessary hardware in advance: the eHI-Net router (e-health interconnection network), the sGINA (server-based health information network adapter - comprising server hardware and the software of SVC for a maximum of 1,000 card readers) and the mGINA for a maximum of 20 card readers, as well as the LAN card reader. Tests are then carried out to ensure that everything is functioning properly.
Kapsch is also responsible for the installation, maintenance and servicing. This includes the systems and system components of the solution, receiving fault reports as well as analysing, diagnosing and remedying faults and errors. Errors can be analysed and remedied quickly and easily across Austria, both by remote access and on site, by Kapsch BusinessCom customer services.
Kapsch BusinessCom AG – a company of the Kapsch Group – is a leading ICT service partner in Austria, Central and Eastern Europe with over 1,200 employees and annual sales exceeding 230 million euros. Embedded in the Kapsch Group, Kapsch BusinessCom is active worldwide with its own offices in Austria and subsidiaries in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Poland. Kapsch has positioned itself as an ICT service partner offering a complete solution portfolio covering the areas of information technology as well as telecommunications. In addition to system integration and continuous optimization measures, Kapsch BusinessCom is increasingly taking on responsibility for the entire area of operations. Kapsch BusinessCom relies on manufacturer independence and partnerships with globally leading technology providers, such as Aastra, Avaya, Cisco, Google, Hitachi, HP and Microsoft. In concert with these partners Kapsch offers its services as a consultant, system supplier and service provider, but above all as a reliable, dependable, long-term trusted advisor in a rapidly changing technological environment. Kapsch BusinessCom always generates clear added value for its over 17,000 customers.