Timeline Milestones

January 2016 introduction of solution for ordering HIC online
July 2015 cards used in "eHealth" project (Electronic Prescription and Electronic Medical Refferals)
January 2012 - December 201 cooperation in an international project SUSTAINS
January 2013 introduction of e-invoicing for health care services
December 2012 launch of the portal for insured persons as a result of the project "Insured person's access to health insurance data"
January 2011 Launch of the project "Insured person's access to health insurance data"
July 2010 Removal of the self-service terminals
July 2010 Conclusion of the national introduction of on-line system by connecting the University Clinical Centre Ljubljana
April 2010 Two projects concerning the renovation of the health insurance card system "New Health Insurance Card” and “On-line Health Insurance” won an award for the best project in the field of information technology in 2010 at a conference Days of Slovenian Informatics 2010
March 2009 Start of the national introduction of on-line system and the issuance of new professional cards
November 2008 Launch of the issuance of new health insurance cards
October 2008 New helath professional card issued to those professional users who work in the on-line system;
October 2008 Start of pilot introduction of direct access to the data (on-line system) in the General Hospital "dr. Franc Derganc" in Nova Gorica;
April 2007 M. Zorko received the award at a conference Days of Slovenian Informatics 2007 for "Project NETC@RDS - easy access to medical services abroad"
January 2007 Mr. M. Sušelj receives the “DROPS Award 2007” for most visible achievements in the area of card use in healthcare in the context of the OMNICARD conference;
November 2006 Upgrade of the operating system on the transaction/communication server;
October 2006 Launch of the projects “New Health Insurance Card” and “On-line Health Insurance”;
May 2006 Conclusion of the nation-wide recording of issued medication onto cards;
March 2006 Introduction of Netc@rds services in the Pomurje regi
November 2005 – September 2006 Conceptualization of the health insurance card renova
September 2004 – February 2007 Implementation of the international project Inco-HEALTH;
November 2005 Transaction/communication server is upgraded;
August 2005 Ms. M. Zorko receives best young author award at the Medical Informatics Europe (MIE 2005) congress in Geneva, for presenting the project “Recording of Issued Medication Onto the Health Insurance Card”;
June – October 2005 Experimental introduction of recording of issued medication onto the health insurance card;
February-June 2005 transition to ADSL in the SST network;
October 2004 security server up-grade;
June 2004 start of the issuing of the European health insurance card;
May 2004 facility to order the E111 form (to implement urgent health care services during temporary stay abroad) through the self-service terminals;
April 2004 installation of the information section "Health" providing advice on healthy life-style, on the self-service terminals;
March 2004 start of the collection of declarations of voluntary commitment to posthumously donate organs and tissues for transplants, in the Maribor region, and the recording of these declarations in the card;
December 2003 affiliation of the Triglav Health Insurance company in the HIC system; May 2003: presentation of the HIC system at the eHealth ministerial conference in Brussels, as one of the most effective examples of the application of IT in health care;
March-June 2003 recording of the issued medical technical aids on the card throughout Slovenia;
January-April 2003 replacement of the 1998 pilot project cards in the Posavje region;
April 2002 Ms. A. Bolka receives an award for the most topical contribution at the Days of Slovenian Informatics for the presentation of the project “Recording of Issued Medical and Technical Aids Onto the Card”;
April 2002 pilot recording of the issued medical technical aids on the card in the Kranj region;
September 2001 under the auspices of the Ministry of Health, the setting up of the inter-institutional project board for the enhancement of card functionality with health care data;
June 2001 introduction of the first extra service - facility to order, applying the card and a self-service terminal, the convention certificates to implement the rights to health care services during temporary stay abroad;
October 2000 the card becomes the exclusive document applicable in the implementation of rights deriving from health insurance; positive evaluation of the system introduction, international award Sesame 2000 for the most comprehensive card system solution in the health care sector;
October 1999 - June 2000 national scale introduction of the card system, in a sequence of regions; parallel application of the former health care booklet and the new card;
June 1998 - September 1999 evaluation of the pilot scale introduction and the preparations for the national scale introduction;
March-June 1998 pilot scale introduction of the card system in the Posavje region;
October 1995 - February 1998 October 1995 - February 1998:
September 1995 project start;