NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT AND ACTION PLAN 48 Introduction of an electronic health care card, on the example of the EU Member States, shall enable a single-sign identification, reduction of the misuses and quick access to the data regarding the health of the patients. With that, a quick and significant progress in the quality of the health care services as well as control and reduction of the expenses in the health care sector shall be achieved. Health care IT systems shall be introduced in the health care institutions, which shall enable medical and financial following of the patients, as well as electronic charging for the health care services. The MH shall propose amendments to the existing health related legislation, which shall provide the basis for introduction of: • electronic exchange of documents among the entities in the health care system; • protection of the privacy of the personal health care data; • optimised system of health care insurance through various packages of health care services accessible to various categories of insured beneficiaries; • keeping and access to the health care data of the patients in electronic form; • forms of electronic invoicing and payments between the health care institutions and HIF, and later on, the private HIF; • encoding systems and accessibly to data for services, medicines, medical personnel, health care institutions, insurance companies, insured beneficiaries, and so forth; • possibility for introduction of an additional health care insurance at a later stage. 2.5.4 Defined projects From the aspect of the Action Plan, priority shall be given to the projects that bring to a visible progress in cost reduction and service quality improvement in the health care sector. Project Priority Activity Area(s) Stakeholders and Participants PR5.01 1 Creation of a Development Strategy O5.01- O5.08 of the IS in the health care sector PR5.02 1 Introduction of a unique encoding O5.02, O5.03, MH, HIF system; O5.06, O5.08 PR5.03 1 Introduction of an electronic health O5.01, O5.02, care card, O5.04 PR5.04 1 Hospital IT systems in the biggest health care institutions PR5.05 2 Electronic appointment making, O5.01, O5.08 electronic informing, and notifying of the patients-citizens PR5.06 3 Hospital IT systems in the rest of the health care institutions, including the private ones PR5.07 3 Information Systems in health care O5.01, O5.03, MH, Private health care institutions of the primary level of O5.05 - O5.08 institutions health care, including the private ones PR5.08 3 E-Pharmacies MH MH, HIF O5.01, O5.03, MH O5.05 - O5.08 MH O5.01, O5.03, MH O5.05 - O5.08 O5.04 Pharmacies NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT AND ACTION PLAN