title: Health cards as a part of French health telematics.
abstract: The concept of the healthcare smart card is being discussed by more and more countries all over the world since the late eighties. After a long period of pilots, health cards are now an important part of the French health telematics. How did this happen? This paper highlights the prerequisite for a large implementation.
authors.affiliation: Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France. line.kleinebreil@hop.egp.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: Line
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kleinebreil
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saba
authors.forename: Njaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Razafindramanana
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D010355:Patient Identification Systems / Q000379:methods*; D016730:Program Development