carte Vitale

Because the Vitale card has become vital, it had to exist as an app.

The Vitale card app is your Vitale card on your smartphone: a new digital Health Insurance service that can be downloaded for free.

It does not replace your Vitale card but constitutes an alternative if you are insured in these departments*:

-Ain (01)

- Allier (03)

- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04)

- Alpes-Maritimes (06)

- Ardèche (07)

- Bas-Rhin (67)

- Bouches-du-Rhône (13)

- Cantal (15)

- Drôme (26)

- Hautes-Alpes (05)

- Haute-Loire (43)

- Haute-Savoie (74)

- Isère (38)

- Loire (42)

- Loire-Atlantique (44)

- Puy-de-Dôme (63)

- Rhône (69)

- Saône-et-Loire (71)

- Sarthe (72)

- Savoie (73)

- Seine-Maritime (76)

- Var (83)

- Vaucluse (84)

* the Vitale card app is gradually being rolled out across the entire French territory.

TO ACTIVATE MY CARTE VITALE APP, I CHECK THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:

- Be affiliated with a Health Insurance, MSA or MGEN organization in the departments open to the Vitale card app to date (list above).

- Have opened an account or insured space online on the website of my health insurance organization.

- Have a smartphone compatible with iOS version 12 minimum.

AND I GIVE MYSELF:

- my social security number,

- my valid identity document. To date, only the following documents are accepted:

- a French identity card;

- a French passport;

- a residence permit issued by France.

ONCE ACTIVATED, I USE MY CARTE VITALE APP WITH HEALTH PROFESSIONALS:

It allows me to:

- identify myself, as with my Vitale card at my pharmacist, my doctor, my dentist, my medical assistant, my optician, etc.

- view my healthcare expenses made with my Vitale card app,

- to access my information and that of my beneficiaries: Social Security number, mandatory organization, but also other information such as National Health Identity, etc.

The equipment of health professionals is being done gradually.

It is therefore advisable to always keep your Vitale card with you.

A display is present in healthcare professionals equipped to read the Vitale card app.

SECURITY AND RESPECT FOR YOUR DATA

- The Vitale card app is developed to guarantee the integrity, availability and confidentiality of data. The processing complies with the GDPR.

- Identification data is stored only in the smartphone. It is possible to delete them at any time.

- The Vitale card app is accessible with double security: a 6-digit personal secret code which is added to the smartphone lock code.

- Data is transmitted according to identification needs and following entry of the code: presentation of the Vitale card app to the healthcare professional or during a remote connection.

The Vitale card application is developed by the GIE SESAM-Vitale, which is commissioned by health insurance at the request of the Ministry of Solidarity and Health.

More information on www.applicartevitale.fr