Residents' health card is a basic carrier of personal information based on electronic health records, electronic medical records and three-level information platform proposed by "352 1 Project" of national health informatization. It is necessary to realize cross-system, cross-institution and cross-regional interconnection and information sharing of medical and health services, and it is a computer-readable CPU card. It is mainly used for resident identification, basic health information storage, cross-regional and inter-institutional medical treatment, expense settlement and financial services in medical and health service activities. It is the link and key to realize information exchange and sharing between residents and medical institutions, between medical institutions, between medical institutions and social public services and other related departments.
The construction of residents' health card is an important livelihood project to promote deepening medical reform, optimize service process, improve medical environment, realize service coordination of medical and health institutions and facilitate people's medical treatment. All parts of the country began to discuss the possibility of realizing the universal health card and began to make partial attempts. On the 2nd, the Ministry of Health announced the "Administrative Measures for Residents' Health Cards (Trial)" to promote the realization of "one card" for residents to see a doctor in various medical and health institutions at all levels. Based on regional health information platform, electronic health records of residents and electronic medical records of medical institutions, resident health cards can be used for resident identification, personal basic health information storage, cross-regional and inter-institutional medical data exchange and expense settlement.