Digital cards

Streamlining your Discovery details on your Smartphone

Digital cards give you access to your Discovery Health Medical Scheme membership card in a digital format on your smartphone device.

This is a safe and secure way to store, access and view your details. It serves the same purpose as the plastic cards except they are always kept up to date in real time with your membership status.

As a Discovery Health Medical Scheme member, you can use your digital card when you visit a healthcare professional as they will use your details on the card to identify you and confirm your Discovery Health Medical Scheme membership. If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, you can also store this card on the Passbook app.

What are the requirements?

For iPhone and iPod Touch, you need to use an iPhone (3GS and up) or iPod Touch 4 th Generation upward.

• You must have iOS 7 software or more recent
• Passbook application on your iPhone or iPod Touch
• Latest version of the Discovery app downloaded to your iPhone. You can download it from the App Store
• You must have an active membership of Discovery Health Medical Scheme
• You will need to register on our website.

For Android smartphone, you need version 2.3 or later.

• Latest version of the Discovery app downloaded to your Android device. You can download it from Google Play

How can I view my digital cards?

• You will need to have the latest version of the Discovery app for members installed on your smartphone. If you don’t already have the Discovery app, download it from the App store or Google Play.
• Log in to the Discovery app using the same username and password as for the Discovery website.
• On the app home screen, select the main menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Digital cards to view your available digital cards.
• Select a card to view. You may be required to accept the terms and conditions to view the card.
• In order to download a digital card, you will have to have a photo uploaded. You can take a new photo choose an existing photo from your photo library.