I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a physical prescription in real, ever. I’m 30 years old. It’s been digital as long as I can remember.
In Sweden we have public social security numbers, they are comprised of your birthdate and 4 unique numbers, so for example 19950927-2466. So in the past, before smart phones, you’d just give the social security number (or just an identifying document) to the chemist, and they’d give you your prescription. Now we can identify via BankID (which has been around since the early 2000s) so in many cases we don’t even need any ID documents.
BankID is essentially a certificate installed on your phone/computer that’s been issued by your bank, hence your bank is saying “yes this person is who they claim they are.” BankID is used for everything too. When I log on to my grocery store’s website, I use BankID, then I need to use BankID to verify whenever I want to use a debit/credit card to purchase anything.
I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a physical prescription in real, ever. I’m 30 years old. It’s been digital as long as I can remember.
In Sweden we have public social security numbers, they are comprised of your birthdate and 4 unique numbers, so for example
19950927-2466. So in the past, before smart phones, you’d just give the social security number (or just an identifying document) to the chemist, and they’d give you your prescription. Now we can identify via BankID (which has been around since the early 2000s) so in many cases we don’t even need any ID documents.BankID is essentially a certificate installed on your phone/computer that’s been issued by your bank, hence your bank is saying “yes this person is who they claim they are.” BankID is used for everything too. When I log on to my grocery store’s website, I use BankID, then I need to use BankID to verify whenever I want to use a debit/credit card to purchase anything.