Kleinebreil Line, Saba Renato, Razafindramanana Njaka
Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2003;96:224-8.
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.