Healthcare and social systems respond to citizens’ basic needs. They manage billions of euros yearly and are a key cost factor in national economic competitiveness.

Healthcare and social systems need better control and should reduce costs while offering better medical care.

Smart card technology permits a major cost reduction in operations by managing claims and prescriptions, rationalizing administrative processes by migrating from paper to electronic documents.

Tackling fraud by means of electronic identification, online pre-authorization and validity checks is also a major factor in saving costs through the use of smart card technology.

Morpho, very much a part of the two major healthcare programs in France and Germany, delivers advanced technology that helps make the necessary savings and, at the same time, introduces features for medical care improvements and interoperability that are vital for managing citizen mobility inside the EU.