Health Cards '95 was held from October 24-26, 1995, in Frankfurt/Main. Organized in close co-operation with the national health administrations and the European Union, it aimed to provide an international synopsis of the present state of affairs relating to patient cards in Europe. Topics covered include: which patient card applications are promising in the health sector?; which other European cards will follow in introducing national insurance cards?; why are professional card systems so important?; what is the present state of the European emergency pass?; and which legal conditions have to be created for a safe use of card systems? During the congress, current applications in Europe, the USA, Canada and Japan were presented and demonstrated. In addition to this, members of the European Concerted Action on patient and professional cards presented results of their investigation into how to install card systems in national health-care systems. The state of the affairs of the G-7 action on patient data cards was also reported.

Volume editor: C. O. Kohler, etc.