Tongji hospital can use electronic medical insurance card.

With the development of science and technology, more and more medical institutions begin to accept electronic medical insurance cards as payment methods. As a large medical institution, tongji hospital has opened the payment function of electronic medical insurance card for the convenience of patients.

Legal basis:

Article 29 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that the part of the medical expenses of the insured that should be paid by the basic medical insurance fund shall be directly settled by social insurance agencies, medical institutions and pharmaceutical business units.

Article 14 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Electronic Signature Law stipulates that a reliable electronic signature has the same legal effect as a handwritten signature or seal.

The above legal basis shows that electronic medical insurance card, as a form of electronic signature, has the same legal effect as handwritten signature or seal, so it can be used in medical institutions.

Electronic medical insurance card and electronic bank card have the following differences:

1. Function: The electronic medical insurance card is mainly used for social security-related functions such as medical insurance reimbursement and inquiry, and the electronic bank card is mainly used for financial transactions, such as deposit and withdrawal, transfer, etc.

2. Account: Electronic medical insurance card belongs to social security account and is associated with personal social security information, while electronic bank card belongs to financial account and is associated with personal bank account information.

3. Application scenario: Electronic medical insurance cards are mainly used in the medical field, such as registration, payment and reimbursement, while electronic bank cards are widely used in various financial transaction scenarios, such as online shopping, transfer and remittance.

Generally speaking, electronic medical insurance card and electronic bank card are different in functions, accounts and application scenarios.