title: Clinical information system based on the medical smart card.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Over the last 5 years Israel has implemented a nationwide health insurance plan covering the entire population of the country. We have developed a clinical information system based on electronic-chip health care medical smart cards. Health care cards are used in several European countries and chip smart cards have been successful in many sectors. Our project involves the community use of the MSC, thereby enabling health care professionals to skillfully employ card systems in the health care sector. This system can easily arrange electronic medical charts in clinics, facilitating the confidential sharing of personal health databases among health professionals.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To develop an MSC applicable for daily use in the community and hospital system.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The MSC project, currently underway in Israel and the USA, will aid in determining the costs, benefits and feasibility of the MSC. Successful implementation of the MSC in chosen clinics will promote a nationwide willingness to adopt this promising technology.
authors.affiliation: Kipper Institute of Immunology and Human Genetics, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqva, Israel. ydanon@tau.post.ac.il
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Danon
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Saiag
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration; D016730:Program Development