How to apply for your eHBA: a step-by-step guide
Anyone wishing to use the telematics infrastructure (TI) and its applications must be authorised to do so. Healthcare professionals authenticate themselves using the electronic Health Professional Card (eHBA). This guide shows how to obtain your eHBA quickly and easily and explains the application and ordering process step by step.
Five steps to getting your eHBA
The eHBA application process in detail
Prices for the electronic Health Professional Card (eHBA)
eHBA
- Enables all doctors, dentists and psychotherapists to authenticate themselves to the telematics infrastructure in healthcare. The costs of doctors’ cards are partly covered by the operating cost allowance under the funding agreement.
- Valid for 5 years
* Prices in euros (€), plus statutory VAT.
eHBA
- enables all nursing professionals, midwives, physiotherapists, paramedics, occupational therapists, podiatrists, speech and language therapists, nutrition therapists, massage therapists, medical hydrotherapists and dietitians to authenticate themselves to the telematics infrastructure in healthcare. The costs of Health Professional Cards are partly covered by the operating cost allowance under the refinancing agreement.
- Valid for 5 years
* Prices in euros (€), plus statutory VAT.
eHBA
- enables all pharmacists to authenticate themselves to the telematics infrastructure in healthcare. The costs of the pharmacist card are partly covered by the operating cost allowance under the refinancing agreement.
- Valid for 5 years
* Prices in euros (€), plus statutory VAT.
Downloads
Produktblatt: Elektronischer Heilberufsausweis für nicht approbierte Gesundheitsberufe (eHBA)
Frequently asked questions about applying for the electronic Health Professional Card
Digitalisation is transforming many processes in healthcare, and questions naturally arise. Below we answer some of the most frequently asked questions about the eHBA application process.
Yes. At D-Trust, many professional groups can order their card entirely online. (Currently excluded are professional groups whose issuing authority is gematik; in these cases, the application documents must still be printed, signed and sent by post.) For digital applications, no printing, signing or mailing is required. Everything is done online. For digital applications, no printing, signing or mailing is required. Submitting and confirming your application via the D-Trust eHealth application portal is sufficient.
The current delivery time for the electronic Health Professional Card is about 14 days after D-Trust has received the complete order. An application is considered complete once: The application has been finalised online (or received in printed and signed form where the card issuer is gematik), identity verification has been completed successfully, and approval from the responsible card issuer has been granted. During periods of high demand, the delivery times may be longer. The card is sent by registered mail. The PIN letter for the eHBA is sent separately, usually around three days later.
Once you have received your card and PIN and the card has been unlocked, it must be activated by initialising it with your PIN at a card terminal.
Like the electronic Professional Card, the electronic Health Professional Card is valid for a maximum of five years. The existing card cannot be extended; when ordering a replacement card, the data from the existing card can be carried over, which simplifies the application process. A new application is required if certificate-relevant data change, for example following a change of surname due to marriage.
The issuance of authentication and signature cards such as the eHBA is subject to strict security requirements defined by gematik specifications, issuing authorities and the EU eIDAS Regulation. These requirements, as well as data protection and data security obligations, have been implemented accordingly in the application process.
The TI remote signature enables authorised healthcare professionals to sign documents digitally. With the TI remote signature, holders of an eHBA can now also use the qualified electronic signature (QES) entirely digitally within the telematics infrastructure (TI). This allows electronic documents in the practice management system (PVS) or hospital information system (KIS) to be legally signed.
The TI remote signature is eIDAS-compliant, hardware-independent and uses two-factor authentication via the sign-me 2FA app. It works without a card or card reader and can be used on a PC, laptop or smartphone via an interface to the respective PVS or KIS. The TI remote signature enables legally binding electronic signatures on
- e-prescriptions,
- electronic medical letters,
- electronic discharge letters,
- electronic certificates of incapacity for work (eAU),
- health insurance billing
and other TI applications that must be personally signed by eHBA holders. The electronic signature can be created not only from desktop computers but also via a laptop, notebook or smartphone.
When applying for an eHBA via D-Trust, applicants may consent to using their verified identity for setting up a TI remote signature account. This speeds up account creation and ensures you are TI-2.0- ready from the outset.
Have questions about the eHBA? Get in touch with us:
+49 (0)30 2598 - 4050
ehealth-support@bdr.de
