eBirth

Description

  • Online notification of a birth by medical care providers to the Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths of the local municipality.
  • Electronic transfer of the statistical data to the Communities.

Features

  • Two applications:
    • eBirth Medical for medical care providers;
    • eBirth City for the Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths of the local municipality where the child was born;
  • Accessible via:
    • A web application (web browser);
    • Web services: can be integrated into the software of hospitals or local municipalities;
  • Secure transfer of statistical data over an SFTP connection.  

Users

  • Medical care providers: hospitals, doctors and midwives;
  • The Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths of local municipalities;
  • The Communities.

Requirements

  • Protocol agreement between the local municipality and Fedict;
  • Preparatory form from the local municipality;
  • Preparatory form from the medical care provider;
  • Technical procedure for web services.

Access and support

  • Accessible 24/7;
  • Support available from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm from Monday to Friday (on federal government working days).

For further information or to sign up to the service, please contact the Fedict Service Desk at servicedesk@fedict.belgium.be, specifying reference code ‘S030 – eBirth’.