After "TK Ident": AOK policyholders also receive app for health ID
After switching providers, AOK policyholders will soon receive an Ident app for their health ID.
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From mid-January 2025, AOK policyholders will receive an "AOK Ident" app to create a unique health ID and use it to access sensitive areas of their electronic patient file. Techniker Krankenkasse had already provided its policyholders with a "TK Ident" app in 2023. This means that policyholders of both health insurance companies will each need two apps to use the core functions of the ePA.
Users can use the Ident apps to create and manage their health ID. According to AOK, the move to a separate app is intended to increase security. In addition, the health ID can be used as access for other digital health applications such as the e-prescription app or for an entry in the digital organ donor register. Users who already use the electronic patient file (ePA) via the "AOK Mein Leben" app will be asked to transfer their data to the new "ePA for all".
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The AOK is asking for cooperation for the migration of the app and the new electronic patient file: "Please transfer your data to the new 'ePA for all' in just a few steps from mid-January 2025," says an email to AOK Nordwest policyholders. It is important for users who want to carry out the update for the "ePA for all" to agree to the data transfer, otherwise it will be deleted.
Digital identities in the healthcare sector
Since January 2023, statutory health insurance providers have been obliged to offer their policyholders a digital identity. T-Systems and the ID wallet provider Verimi provide the necessary infrastructure for half of the insured persons, including those insured by AOK. The services of Bitmarck and Rise, among others, are also used.
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