Telekom subsidiary service to put German health card in digital wallet approved

A digital identity service for healthcare developed by T-Systems has been approved by Germany’s national agency for healthcare system digitalization, Gematik.

The service will allow health cards and digital IDs to be used via a digital wallet on smartphones and other devices, starting in 2024.

German health insurance provider Barmer commissioned T-Systems to build the system to provide and manage digital identity for its 8.7 million policy-holders in 2022.

“The digital identity in healthcare – the Health ID – guarantees …

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