期刊名称：International Journal of Computer Science Issues
印刷版ISSN：1694-0784
电子版ISSN：1694-0814
出版年度：2011
卷号：8
期号：1
出版社：IJCSI Press
摘要：Smart card technology is a reliable and proven solution that has had decades of use in various industries and is now making its mark on healthcare. It is portable, secure, and can hold health information. In this research, the smart card has been introduced in a new usage; it is used to control the referral process. It holds the control parameters that link between the referring entity and the referred entities. This leads to control the management of the claims in a timely and correct basis. The smart cards technology, in this research, have been used for: verifying citizen eligibility, registering recent citizen medical visits to family medical units as well as the corresponding visits to contracted providers besides the link between them, reporting, and facilitating claim management. Accordingly, the usage of smart cards in this way will add. The research allows remarkable improvements in the healthcare service provision.
关键词：Smart card technology; Healthcare using smart cards; smart healthcare cards
