You are tired of taking out your old plastic vital card with each medical appointment or as soon as you go to the pharmacy? Good news: Its digital version indeed existsand it is already operational … at least for some. Officially, the Vitale Card Mobile Application is available in only 23 departments. For the others, the deployment is done in droppings, without precise calendar.
Generalization is scheduled for the end of 2025, in November, according to health insurance information. However, if you are a little resourceful, You can have it long before.
How to activate the digital vital card now
Since March, an important update has been provided to the dematerialization system: you can activate the Vital Card application even if your department is not yet officially eligible. For that, Just use France Identitythe digital identity application developed by the state. You can easily find it On the App Store.
Here is what you need: an identity card in bank card format (the new CNI) and the France Identity app installed on your smartphone. Once your identity is checked via the app, you can immediately activate your digital vital card.
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Be careful, however: all health professionals (general practitioners, pharmacists, laboratories) are not yet equipped to scan the QR Code of the application. Without compatible reader, it is the return to the good old plastic. So you have every interest in Keep your vital card At least until the use of the application is generalized and recognized everywhere. A phase that should last at most a few months, the time that everyone is equipped and that dematerialization really between habits.
- The Vital Card application is officially available in 23 departments, but you can activate it everywhere in France if you use the France Identity app.
- You need a recent identity card (in bank card format) and a smartphone to validate your identity.
- The application already works, but all doctors and pharmacists cannot yet use it: also keep your physical vital card.
By: keleops ag
