Good Practices in Social Security

Database

Good Practices in Social Security

Database

ISSA Database of Good Practices

This database provides ISSA members with privileged access to good practices, showcasing creative, smart and innovative ways to overcome challenges of social security administration at the institutional, national or international levels. Explore, be inspired by, and learn from these hard-earned and well-deserved successes of the ISSA members.

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Social Insurance for Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture
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Germany
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Europe

The SVLFG therefore launched a pilot project to minimize this major cause of accidents. The project "Stable and fit throughout life" aims to establish high-quality fall prevention courses in rural areas.

Topic:
Health
National Social Security Administration
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Argentina
,
Americas

In recent years, the National Social Security Administration (Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social (ANSES)) has become an agency for the rapid implementation of public policies related to the social rights of citizens. To this end, the ANSES made available a range of new services by means of an online system that generates new forms to access benefits in real-time.

Topic:
Information and communication technology
Extension of coverage
State Employees' Social Security and Social Services Institute
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Mexico
,
Americas

Under the Adult Overweight and Obesity Preventive and Curative Programme (Programa de Prevención y Regresión del Sobrepeso y Obesidad (PPRESyO)), the follow-up of patients used to be done empirically by means of a flat file, which resulted in lack of monitoring. For this reason, it was necessary to develop a user-friendly and intuitive technological platform to improve the service. This platform consists of tools for nutritional diagnosis, a calculator of protein and carbohydrate distribution, and the monitoring of the patient's diet.

Topic:
Service quality
Information and communication technology
State Employees' Social Security and Social Services Institute
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Mexico
,
Americas

The Repeatable Medical Prescriptions Programme aims to keep track of prescriptions for beneficiaries who go to first and second level medical units and follow controlled treatments for chronic-degenerative diseases, so that the patient can refill their medication over a period of 90 days, i.e. on the first consultation and the following two months. This optimizes the agenda of doctors who can provide services to other patients.

Topic:
Service quality
Information and communication technology
National Social Security Administration
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Argentina
,
Americas

By Act No. 26970 (complementing previous Act 24476), in September 2014, the national Government introduced a new Pension programme to regularize arrears of pension contributions, extending the time-limit under the Pension Regularization Programme introduced in 2005.

The programme is aimed at those who have reached statutory retirement age (65 for men and 60 for women) or who will reach such age during the two years of the Act's validity, providing them with access to pension benefit provided that they satisfy the minimum length of payments (30 years).

Topic:
Extension of coverage