Digital transformation of Slovenia eINVOICING e Invoicing since dealing with public authorities. This service fully January 2015 and should be used when has become obligatory ensures electronic procedures for received invoices. eHEALTH, ePRESCRIPTION, eREFERRAL, zVEM W ith the eHealth project, modern IT solutions examinations and the majority of diagnostic tests, are being introduced in the Slovenian a new manner of making electronic appointments healthcare system and the local information for patients is available through the zVEM portal. systems are being interconnected in a functional On this publicly available site, any user can review healthcare information system. information on expected waiting times at different providers and their contact information and makes As part of the e-Health project, the ePrescription an appointment accordingly in three basic steps. has been active for 2 years. This year the zVEM portal for patients and the eReferral In April 2017, in more than 75% cases the were document was used in electronic form. launched. The ePrescription solution enables electronic business-making for patients, which in certain cases allows for prescribing medication at a distance. In dispensing and prescribing medication, doctors and pharmacists can use a tool which verifies interactions and contradictions The zVEM Portal provides patients with an overview of medications taken by a patient. Within the of all prescribed and dispensed medications with ePrescription, the doctor prepares an electronic the ePrescription, review of issued referrals and prescription and signs it with his or her own digital agreed appointments for health care services, the certificate. Information of the prescription is stored possibility of termination of an appointment for in the ePrescription Central Repository which can healthcare services, and at the same time also an be accessed by pharmacists during the visit of a overview of patient documents in the Central patient. All communication takes place in a safe Repository of Patient Data, including a user’s own and secure manner. The ePrescription system summary (almost 50% of the population of the allows the possibility of consultation between the Republic of Slovenia has in the Repository at least pharmacist and doctor. In 2017, more than 85% on clinical paper, and about 6% has a summary). medications were prescribed electronically. Via the portal, the patient can submit an By introducing the eReferral, patients are able to electronically take an appointment with application to receive electronic notifications a (reminders) prior to the expiry of his or her healthcare provider. The process is also faster for prescription and the approaching appointment those patients who do not wish to make an appointment electronically. For all with a specialist or hospital. first ePENSION T he Pension and Disability Insurance Institute of Slovenia provides the ePension (eZPIZ and BiZPIZ) portal for citizens and businesses. More than 35.000 users are registered with a qualified digital certificate, meaning they can digitally sign and submit request claims and electronic other digital delivery of documents, documents, and access their personal insurance the and payments information. digital 15