The Vitale card app on the patients’s smartphone

It is a dematerialized alternative of the physical vital card, which continues to exist.
While guaranteeing the same functions as the physical vital card, the Vitale card app offers many advantages.

The deployment of the vital card app will gradually become widespread in 2024

Created in 1998, the vital card is perfectly integrated into the career paths and practices of insured and health professionals for more than 20 years.
With the growing use of digital tools in the daily life of the French, It was necessary that the vital card also exists in application for smartphone. This is a new stage in the digital health turn, presented by the government and health insurance in 2019.

The principle ? The Vitale card will be accessible from the Smartphone of the insured thanks to the Vitale card app. It will bea dematerialized alternative of the physical vital card, which continues to exist. To date, the Vitale card app is experienced in 8 departments (read the paragraph “Progressive geographic deployment”) (1).

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The system will be widespread throughout the territory in 2024. However, health insurance invites practitioners to get closer to the editor of his billing software, who will ensure its compatibility with the Vitale card app by updating.

On video: all about the Vitale card app

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At the heart of your practice: the user manual

All about the Vitale card app in 1 minute

[A smartphone appears, on its screen a download logo, an index clicks on the logo].

The Vitale card app is a free downloadable application by the insured.

[On the smartphone, the application logo looks like the vital card that is shown].

It is a dematerialized alternative of the physical vital card, which continues to exist.
While guaranteeing the same functions as the physical vital card, the Vitale card app offers many advantages.

1. More likely that your patients have their vital card with their smartphone, and therefore the guarantee of always being able to do a remote transmission;
2. fewer errors and bills of invoice thanks to systematic access to the ADRI Rights Service [a computer screen with a treatment sheet appears];
3. a reduction in the risk of handle contaminations;
4. The Vitale card app is a gateway to health insurance services and features, such as SESAM-Vitale invoicing, access to integrated teleservices compulsory health insurance, and for pharmacists, in the pharmaceutical file.

It also makes it possible to integrate new data such as the national health identity [An image presenting the data of the INS for a fictitious person is represented with name, first name, photo etc..
Get closer to the editor of your billing software [A bearded man with a tie appears].
It will install a version compatible with the Vitale card app. [On a computer screen, a progression download bar is represented].
For the installation of your equipment, health insurance recommends the use of QR code compatible with all smartphones. [A smartphone with a QR code on its screen appears on one side and on the other the NFC technology is represented].

The vital card, also vital in app [App logo]

Health insurance logos, MSA, MGEN and SESAM-VITAL.

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Vitual card app: concrete advantages for healthcare professionals

The Vitale card app is to Fluidify the relationships between healthcare professionals and insured. Indeed, while performing the same functions as the vital card, the Vitale card app offers new advantages:

• It is more likely that patients have their vital card with their smartphone And it is therefore the guarantee of always being able to do a remote transmission;
• The care sheets are secure and reliable Thanks to automatic access to the Adri law service, thereby reducing the risk of errors and billing of invoices;
• there is a Reduction of the risk of handle contamination.

The Vitale card app is a real digital tool, which allows access to the services and functionalities of health insurance, such as Sesam Vitale invoicing, access to integrated teleservices of compulsory health insurance (AMO) and, for pharmacists, pharmaceutical files (DP).

In addition to the identification data of the insured and its beneficiaries already present in the vital card, the vital card app allows you to integrate new data: the national health identity (INS) and, ultimately, data from complementary organizations (mutuals).

How to use this new service ?

Concretely, to read the information contained in the insured vital card app, health professionals need to choose one of these 2 options ::

• Reading a QR code Displayed in the Vitale card app (like those present on train tickets). Several devices can be used to read the QR code: a hand shower (as often used in pharmacy), a camera, a mobile application installed on the smartphone of the healthcare professional…Health insurance recommends the use of QR code because this technology is compatible with all smartphones ;
• Use of an NFC compatible reader, on which the user of the vital card app will put their smartphone (as when in contactless payment). NFC technology is not available on iPhone and some Android smartphones.

The insured is then authenticated and data access is from the billing software.

How to equip yourself to read the Vitale card on the app ?

The health professional can now be closer to the editor of his billing software, who will ensure its compatibility with the Vitale card app by updating. The publisher can advise the choice of the necessary equipment.

Subsequently, the health professional can contact his publisher for any questions or need for the installation of equipment.

Advantages also for insured

The Vital Card app allows the insured of consult their care expenses directly. The receipts automatically download by opening the Vitale card app, up to 7 days after consultation. After this period, they become inaccessible. Once downloaded, receipts can be viewed without limit.

Ultimately, the Vitale card app will offer new practical features ::

• Delegate the uses of their vital card to a person of confidence for a determined time (for example the grandparents who keep children);
• identify in a secure manner to other digital health services.

Progressive geographic deployment

In 2023, the vital card app was available from the 8 following health insurance funds:

• Alpes-Maritimes ;
• Bas-Rhin;
• Loire Atlantique ;
• Puy de Dome ;
• Rhône;
• Saône-et-Loire;
• Sarthe;
• Seine-Maritime.

Then it will be generalized in the rest of the territory.

To find out more about the Vitale card app:

• Consult the Practical Guide (PDF);
• Read the article “The Vitale card app on the patients smartphone”;
• Contact your health insurance fund.

Is the data sufficiently secure ?

The Vitale card app has the same level of security as the physical card, a level guaranteed by the public authorities:

• The only data stored in the application are names, first name (s), gender or sex, quality (opening up, children, etc.) and the compulsory attachment;
• Each use of the application requires double authentication: by the smartphone of the insured and by a personal secret code.

(1) The insured of the 8 departments were asked by email to download and activate the Vital Card app. They can also directly download the application available on Android and iOS blinds. Only the insured of these 8 departments can activate it and use it in healthcare professionals equipped.

The Vitale card app on the patients’s smartphone

The Vitale card will be accessible from the Smartphone of the insured thanks to the Vitale card app. It will be a dematerialized alternative of the physical vital card, which continues to exist.

Created in 1998, the vital card is perfectly integrated into the career paths and practices of insured and health professionals for more than 20 years.
With the growing use of digital tools in the daily life of the French, It was necessary that the vital card also exists in application for smartphone. This is a new stage in the digital health turn, presented by the government and health insurance in 2019.

Vitual card app: concrete advantages for healthcare professionals

• It is more likely that patients have their vital card with their smartphone And it is therefore the guarantee of always being able to do a remote transmission;
• The care sheets are secure and reliable Thanks to automatic access to the Adri law service, thereby reducing the risk of errors and billing of invoices;
• there is a Reduction of the risk of handle contamination.

The Vitale card app is a real digital tool, which allows access to the services and functionalities of health insurance, such as Sesam Vitale invoicing, access to integrated teleservices of compulsory health insurance (AMO) and, for pharmacists, pharmaceutical files (DP).

In addition to the identification data of the insured and its beneficiaries already present in the vital card, the vital card app allows you to integrate new data: the national health identity (INS) and, ultimately, data from complementary organizations (mutuals).

How to use this new service ?

Concretely, to read the information contained in the insured vital card app, you need to choose one of these 2 options ::

• Reading a QR code Displayed in the Vitale card app (like those present on train tickets). Several devices can be used to read the QR code: a hand shower (as often used in pharmacy), a camera, a mobile application installed on the smartphone of the healthcare professional…Health insurance recommends the use of QR code because this technology is compatible with all smartphones ;
• Use of an NFC compatible reader, on which the user of the vital card app will put their smartphone (as when in contactless payment). NFC technology is not available on iPhone and some Android smartphones.

The insured is then authenticated and data access is from the billing software.

How to equip yourself to read the vital card on the app ?

You can get closer to the editor of your billing software, who will ensure its compatibility with the Vitale card app by updating. The publisher can advise you on the choice of the necessary equipment.

Thereafter, you can contact the publisher for any questions or need for the installation of equipment.

Advantages also for insured

The Vital Card app allows the insured of consult their care expenses directly. The receipts automatically download by opening the Vitale card app, up to 7 days after consultation. After this period, they become inaccessible. Once downloaded, receipts can be viewed without limit.

Ultimately, the Vitale card app will offer new practical features ::

• Delegate the uses of their vital card to a person of confidence for a determined time (for example the grandparents who keep children);
• identify in a secure manner to other digital health services.

Progressive geographic deployment

As of 2023, the Vitale card app will be available from the 8 following health insurance funds:

• Alpes-Maritimes ;
• Bas-Rhin;
• Loire Atlantique ;
• Puy de Dome ;
• Rhône;
• Saône-et-Loire;
• Sarthe;
• Seine-Maritime.

Then it will be gradually deployed on the rest of the territory.

To find out more about the Vitale card app:

• Consult the Practical Guide (PDF);
• Contact your health insurance fund.

Is the data sufficiently secure ?

The Vitale card app has the same level of security as the physical card, a level guaranteed by the public authorities:

• The only data stored in the application are names, first name (s), gender or sex, quality (opening up, children, etc.) and the compulsory attachment;
• Each use of the application requires double authentication: by the smartphone of the insured and by a personal secret code.

On video: all about the Vitale card app

Read the textual transcription of the video

At the heart of your practice: the user manual

All about the Vitale card app in 1 minute

[A smartphone appears, on its screen a download logo, an index clicks on the logo].

The Vitale card app is a free downloadable application by the insured.

[On the smartphone, the application logo looks like the vital card that is shown].

It is a dematerialized alternative of the physical vital card, which continues to exist.
While guaranteeing the same functions as the physical vital card, the Vitale card app offers many advantages.

1. More likely that your patients have their vital card with their smartphone, and therefore the guarantee of always being able to do a remote transmission;
2. fewer errors and bills of invoice thanks to systematic access to the ADRI Rights Service [a computer screen with a treatment sheet appears];
3. a reduction in the risk of handle contaminations;
4. The Vitale card app is a gateway to health insurance services and features, such as SESAM-Vitale invoicing, access to integrated teleservices compulsory health insurance, and for pharmacists, in the pharmaceutical file.

It also makes it possible to integrate new data such as the national health identity [An image presenting the data of the INS for a fictitious person is represented with name, first name, photo etc..
Get closer to the editor of your billing software [A bearded man with a tie appears].
It will install a version compatible with the Vitale card app. [On a computer screen, a progression download bar is represented].
For the installation of your equipment, health insurance recommends the use of QR code compatible with all smartphones. [A smartphone with a QR code on its screen appears on one side and on the other the NFC technology is represented].

The vital card, also vital in app [App logo]

Health insurance logos, MSA, MGEN and SESAM-VITAL.

The vital card arrives on smartphone: what you need to know

An important decree has moved to the very end of December concerning the Vital Card application (APCV). It allows you to learn more about the deployment of this application intended to replace the good old plastic green card.

“E-Carte Vitale”, “E-card of health insurance”, digital vital card … it can take many names and it will soon be part of our daily life. As indicated by the Midi Libre, A decree published on December 28, 2022 opens the way to its generalization on smartphones. Here’s how it will work.

What form will she have ?

The COVID Crisis or the Energy Crisis have accustomed the French to use applications published by institutions like all Anti COVIRS or more recently ECOWATT. Before an application on hunting will see the day, it is therefore a new application that replaces the vital card, the aptly named Vital card application (APCV).

Do I have to go to this vital e-card now ?

So don’t panic, no need to rush on the play store or the app store now. As is often the case with these institutional developments, health insurance wanted to give itself the necessary step back.

In the meantime, a so -called perspective phase opens to test the device as it should be. The departments of the Rhône and the Alpes-Maritimes have been already in the test phase for two years. Eight departments in total should benefit from it at the end of the first quarter of 2023. Here is the full list visible on Ameli.Fr :

• Alpes-Maritimes ;
• Bas-Rhin;
• Loire Atlantique ;
• Puy de Dome ;
• Rhône;
• Saône-et-Loire;
• Sarthe;
• Seine-Maritime.

Note that in these departments, the deployment is still recent and that you may not have access to the option yet. The opening to the other departments is scheduled for 2023 thanks to this decree spent in December, but could just as well intervene in 2024 with the delay in deployment of use, we breathe a health professional who wishes to keep anonymity. The objective is that in 2026, the device was generally installed and usable almost everywhere. The provision of the dematerialized vital card is set ” no later than December 31, 2025 »By the decree.

How to install it ?

For the installation procedure, for the moment, we can only base ourselves on the way in which this has happened in the test departments. But it is not impossible that all of this will change at the time of national deployment.

One thing is certain, in the Rhône and the Alpes-Maritimes, it was enough to go to your Ameli account to find a manual card user. This one invited to install an application allowing a secure procedure via facial recognition. The goal is to authenticate the procedure as much as possible.

Once the application is installed, equipped healthcare professionals will be able to read a QR code displayed in the application or even equip themselves with a NFC chip player. According to the same source who wishes to remain anonymous, the installation with a professional relative to comfort with the digital tools of a secure application to read health data does not cause difficulty and can go entirely by assistance telephone.

Is this change compulsory ?

The old vital card can be kept. No constraints to go to the Vitale card application is provided in the decree.

The goal of the maneuver is clear: there is more chance that a patient has his smartphone in his pocket than his vital card, explains health insurance in substance to the Midi Libre. The goal is also to simplify access to health data both for patients and for caregivers.

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