The Gematik GmbH is in part managed (owned?) by the German ministry of health [0] and some health organizations like the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Agencies.
That says something about the 'risks' the Gematik takes (Hint: none).
Similar story: Earlier this year some health card readers, certified by the Gematik had a bug. They wouldn't read certain cards that supposedly were electrostatically charged. The solution was a grounding device connected to the USB port of the card reader. [1] This thingy cost the doctor's practices another 100 bucks even though this clearly is a design flaw by the manufacturer.
They can do pretty much what they want at this point and the physicians and hospitals just have to cough up the dough.
The Gematik GmbH is in part managed (owned?) by the German ministry of health [0] and some health organizations like the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Agencies.
That says something about the 'risks' the Gematik takes (Hint: none).
Similar story: Earlier this year some health card readers, certified by the Gematik had a bug. They wouldn't read certain cards that supposedly were electrostatically charged. The solution was a grounding device connected to the USB port of the card reader. [1] This thingy cost the doctor's practices another 100 bucks even though this clearly is a design flaw by the manufacturer.
They can do pretty much what they want at this point and the physicians and hospitals just have to cough up the dough.
[0] https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gematik
[1] https://www.borncity.com/blog/2022/01/16/problem-mit-statisc...