XIRING, a European provider of security systems for remote transactions, and SCM Microsystems announced their collaboration to develop mobile eHealth smart card terminals for the new generation German health care system.

Starting in late 2008, new electronic health insurance cards will be distributed to 82 million German citizens, creating a market for compatible mobile eHealth terminals that facilitate at-home patient consultation and treatment by Germany’s 310,000 healthcare professionals and 130,000 physiotherapists. With this agreement, the two companies aim provide products for that market.

XIRING provides health care terminals to the French market, and SCM has developed several prototype and market-ready desktop eHealth terminals for gematik, the German healthcare organization overseeing the country’s eHealth scheme