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CNAS sits within the Ministry of Work and Social Security and works with 10 regional health bodies, which cooperate in turn with the health boards of each of Algeria’s 48 departments. These boards are responsible for supporting the country’s 185 health centers.
Algeria’s healthcare network is complex and widely dispersed, so the aim of the initiative is to introduce a standardized national system. This will cut administration costs and boost efficiency by improving information collection and trends analysis. Other goals include increasing the speed of reimbursement following patient claims, automating prescription provision and reducing fraud.
Gemalto is the prime contractor and has been involved in the project from the outset; a successful pilot project saw 700,000 smart cards deployed across the country and claim reimbursement times cut from 30 days to just five. Gemalto provided consultancy on systems architecture, security mechanisms and underlying business processes. It also customized its PC-based Coesys Issuance, Enrolment and eGovernment applications and the Sealys smart card system to fit CNAS’s own unique requirements.
Patients are now issued with a PIN code-protected smart card for identity and security purposes, while health professionals use a USB key. This gives them a quick and simple means of authenticating themselves to the system online so that they can sign prescriptions electronically and ensure that all data is fed into a central repository for subsequent trend analysis.
A total of seven million smart cards will be rolled out by the end of 2008 to those workers and their dependents who are covered by the scheme.
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Mar 26, 2008 | Gemalto Rolls Out Electronic Social Security Program Nationwide in Algeria
