The Security Industry Association submitted comments to the Senate Finance Committee last week advocating the use of biometric technology as a fraud reduction tool for Medicare and Medicaid. As reported on DarkReading.com, the SIA responded to an open call for suggestions to help prevent waste, fraud and abuse in the two health care programs. The […]

C-SAM has licensed its Mobile Transaction Platform (MTP) to Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) as part of the two companies’ collaboration on a mobile wallet solution that will be fully integrated with DNP’s Trusted Service Management solution, smart card offerings and NFC technologies and digital services. According to C-SAM, this partnership will result in a mobile […]

Stanley Healthcare Solutions, a division of Stanley Black & Decker, announced the acquisition of AeroScout, a provider in real-time location systems (RTLS) for healthcare and industrial customers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, other than the two companies will work to develop advanced solutions that enhance quality, safety and efficiency of patient care to […]

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has deployed AeroScout’s health care based visibility solutions to in effort to improve staff efficiency and patient care. UPMC St. Margaret Hospital will use the AeroScout RFID solutions to automate temperature monitoring as well as asset tracking and management across most of its U.S. hospitals. Both applications free […]

The Nashville Medical Trade Center will soon showcase the use and adoption of RFID and real-time locating systems (RTLS) technologies in the health care, assisted living and nursing home industries. Market Center Management Company inked a deal with the RFID in Healthcare Consortium (RHCC) to develop this technology, integrating multiple companies’ products and services designed […]

WaveMark, provider of RFID-based supply chain solutions for hospitals and medical device manufacturers, and University of Massachusetts Lowell announced a collaborative effort to bring a new RFID product to market. A team of students in the UMass plastics engineering program worked closely with WaveMark engineers to invent and refine a specialized RFID tag for hospital […]

CDS Monarch, a New York-based human services organization providing services to individuals with disabilities and their families, has installed DigitalPersona’s Pro Enterprise software and U.areU. Fingerprint Keyboards to provide secure access to electronic medical records. CDS Monarch says it chose this solution in order to track access to clinical software that’s currently on a network […]

iMPak Health has announced the launch of RhythmTrak, an NFC-enabled mobile application that enables users to track their cardiovascular health at home. RhythmTrak is a handheld, credit card sized electrocardiogram (ECG) device that both documents heart rates and heart rate variability and calculates intervals and single lead waveforms. Data collected on the device is transmitted […]

Evolis introduced its new card printer, coined Primacy, suited for instantly personalizing cards in medium to large runs, single or dual-sided and for a range of applications. Primacy is equipped either with a single or double-sided option, which can be enabled on-site and made available for encoding options for magnetic stripes, smart cards or contactless […]

Reportlinker.com has added a new report by Frost and Sullivan to its catalog that examines the global health care biometrics market. Called “Strategic Analysis of the Global Healthcare Biometrics Market,” this study looks at the technology around all types of biometric capture, including fingerprint, face, iris, hand and voice. Along with analysis of biometrics technologies, […]