Renew an electronic institution card (SMC-B) as an institution with employees in health care professions

Die SMC-B (Security Module Card Typ B) is an electronic institution card and electronic institution ID in one. It gives people working in healthcare professions at an institution access to the Telematikinfrastruktur (telematics infrastructure, TI). The TI networks all parties in the healthcare system and will in future enable, for example, access to the elektronische Patientenakte (electronic patient record, ePA). There are different SMC-B cards for different professional groups. There is an SMC-B for medical practices, for nursing, midwifery and physiotherapy facilities, and for pharmacies. Procedure 1. To renew your institution's existing SMC-B as an institution with employees in healthcare professions, you must first reapply for the right to hold the card with the elektronisches Gesundheitsberuferegister (electronic register of healthcare professions, eGBR). You can do this online. 2. After your application is received, it is reviewed. 3. Pay the administrative fee. 4. Once the review is complete, you will receive an email with the results of the review and your case number. 5. Using the case number, you order an SMC-B (Security Module Card Typ B), for a fee, from a Vertrauensdiensteanbieter (trust service provider, VDA) of your choice. Trust service providers are approved providers of digital certificates that can be used, for example, to create electronic signatures or carry out authentication (more information in the eGBR FAQ under "Further information").