A step towards the electronic EHIC

On November 20, 2008 an on-line NETC@RDS service site has been launched in Slovakia. With 3 running service points the site is located at the Fakultná nemocnica Nitra (Faculty Hospital of Nitra). 

From December 15th onwards NETC@RDS services are now running in 7 Dutch hospitals. In these service sites EHIC data are keyed-in; depending on the findings and ambitions of Dutch health care providers, automatic data capture will be considered in due course. In this stage, NETC@RDS is provided as a "stand alone service". 

As soon as the NETC@RDS consortium supports the application of web services, the Dutch team will integrate the NETC@RDS service in the Netherlands within the VECOZO architecture. In the Netherlands, this is a critical success factor for getting more support for NETC@RDS from Dutch health care providers.