Alabama hospitals and medical centers are taking the initiative to improve health quality compliance in a statewide deployment of Proventix’s RFID-enabled hand hygiene monitoring technology. The Putting Power Into Healthcare Initiative (PPHI) is an employer-funded partnership with Alabama Power, Proventix and participating Alabama hospitals. The initiative focuses on increasing health quality compliance in hospitals and […]

Tapit partnered with HTC to showcase the NFC-enabled HTC One X handset at a special event held last week in Sydney’s Technology Startup Area, The Carriage Works. Tapit used NFC as a “gamification” tool to drive event participation, with the objective of showcasing the camera and sound capabilities of the HTC One X. More than […]

IdentiSys Inc., an Eden Prairie, Minn.-based sales and service integrator of ID cards and access control security systems, has acquired Capital Card Systems Inc., a Rockville, Md. ID reseller. The purchase represents an expansion for IdentiSys into the Washington D.C. and Baltimore metro areas. Capital Card Systems provides identification technology solutions including digital photo IDs, […]

HID Global has announced that it will unveil a range of new solutions for the creation, use and management of secure identity applications at next week’s ISC West 2012 International Security Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas. In addition to launching new solutions for card-based personal identification verification (PIV) in U.S. government facilities, the company […]

ClearCount Medical Solutions announced that the University of California, Irvine Medical Center in Orange County, Calif., has implemented the RFID-based SmartSponge System for the prevention of retained surgical sponge incidents. The SmartSponge System improves patient safety with both count reconciliation and detection technology to avoid retained surgical incidents. With RFID technology, the system uniquely identifies […]

Silent Partners Technologies announced that it has developed a wander management system using RFID technology to improve the quality of life for seniors and disabled individuals residing in assisted living facilities. WanderTrack is designed to enable residents with dementia and other mental health issues more freedom both inside and outside the facilitiy by wearing an […]

Intelligent InSites and WaveMark announced the integration of WaveMark’s enterprise visibility solution of consumable assets including medical implantable devices and supplies with the Intelligent InSites enterprise RTLS software solution. WaveMark provides a complete consumable asset tracking solution that consists of RFID-enabled smart cabinets, business intelligence software, and point of care stations. This cloud-based RFID supply […]

WPG Americas and Identive Group have joined forces to develop an NFC solution that enables data from medical imaging devices, such as x-rays, to be transferred wirelessly to multiple exam room monitors throughout a health care provider’s office. The solution uses Identive’s NFC tags, which are affixed to digital x-ray cameras, alongside software from WPG […]

Key Source International announced that it has integrated the Lumidigm Mariner fingerprint reader into the KSI-1700 professional series keyboard system. Offering integrated security and auto ID in a HIPAA-compliant desktop solution, the KSI-1700 keyboard system with the Lumidigm reader will be introduced at HIMSS in Las Vegas. Lumidigm is known for its fingerprint readers, which […]

AeroScout is working with Siemens Healthcare to deploy AeroScout’s real-time location system to help health care organizations improve operations and quality of care. Most recently Siemens implemented AeroScout’s Temperature Monitoring solution across three of Lifespan’s hospitals in Rhode Island. Using its existing Wi-Fi network, Lifespan is monitoring and managing the temperature of hundreds of refrigerators […]