K. Pierrakakis The integration of the insurance funds in the electronic prescription is completed from tomorrow

The Minister of Digital Government, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, spoke about the important role of IDIKA in dealing with the pandemic in an interview with the newspaper Real news, saying characteristically that “from April 2021 to 4/1/2022 he has circulated almost 92,000,000 self test from 102 drugstores, to 10,611 pharmacies and 161 supermarkets available free of charge to citizens, “he said.

In fact, as he stressed on Monday, January 10, the integration of insurance funds in electronic prescribing is completed and “so all citizens will now have access to digital services.” Mr. Pierrakakis underlined the great response of the citizens who use the system of intangible prescription, as “the percentage of prescriptions and referrals that are issued intangible is constantly rising and now moves over 38%, while many days it exceeds 40%”, while He also spoke about the electronic medical file of the health that the ministry is planning, “where there will be all the medical history of the citizen”.

Referring to the vaccination system, he noted that “our strategy has proved to be a complete success, and vaccination coverage is constantly increasing. This is a dynamic situation, which requires continuous adjustment of management and cooperation in European and international field”, while emphasizing that Greece is in pioneering international means of dealing with the pandemic “with initiatives such as the European Certificate COVID-19 and that the use of instruments such as 13033 has been characterized as good practice by the OECD. Greece was awarded at the World IT Conference WITSA 2021 in the category” Digital Opportunity / Inclusion Award “for the public sector. This reflects the effort we have all made together for the functioning of the state and the economy during the two years of the pandemic, state, citizens, businesses, engineers and public and private sector executives, and belongs to all “.

Finally, speaking about the application of identity in relation to the vaccination certificate, Mr. Pierrakakis stressed that “our strategy for the identification data is to go step by step in the digital age. It started with the identity certificate which can be used exclusively for certification checks in accordance with measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 “. He even concluded by saying that “we are planning the expansion of the service with the introduction of the identity in the wallet, but also of the driver’s license, and in a few months we will see the implementation”.

Source: AMPE