LifeMed ID and the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in New York City have plans to issue medical smart cards to more than 110,000 patients to help enhance continuity of care throughout the New York City area. These smart cards will serve to protect patient identities and health care records, provide secure authentication for any access […]

Nuance Communications, a provider of speech-based and other solutions for businesses and consumers, has announced the release of new versions of its voice biometric solutions. The two offerings with new versions being released are Version 7.0 of Nuance VocalPassword and Nuance FreeSpeech which are designed for use as security solutions and work flow solutions in […]

At the Smart Card Alliance’s Smart Cards in Government conference AVISIAN asked industry officials what they thought would be coming in 2011. The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, emerging use of mobile devices, securing electronic health records and additional use of PIV credentials are just a sample of what will be coming next […]

The Smart Card Alliance is urging the Department of Health and Human Services to have organizations that provide personal health records offer two-factor authenication to consumers so they can securely access the information. These strong authentication options, such as smart cards, tokens or one-time password devices, should be required in order to access information in […]

With looming legislation and constantly changing rules, logical access control in the health care market is at a standstill, according to David Stallsmith, director of product marketing for ColorID. Health care providers are leery of investing and then in six months or a year having to start over because their system does not meet new […]

DigitalPersona has announced it has been selected by Washington Radiology Associates (WRA) to integrate DigitalPersona’s biometric hardware and software with WRA’s Radiology Information System (RIS). The resulting solution, which utilizes the DigitalPersona Pro authentication software and U.are.U Fingerprints Readers, allows users of the system to replace usernames and passwords with a swipe of a finger […]

Standards for proofing and vetting an identity vary by different jurisdictions. With many different project underway designed to offer individuals a better way to assert an identity there are also efforts to standardize how it is proofed and vetted. Dan Combs, CEO at the eCitizen Foundation and Member of the Harvard Policy Group-Leadership for a […]

The organizers of the CARTES & IDentification trade show announced the winners of the SESAMES Awards. The awards are given to global players in the sector: manufacturers, users, integrators and developers. Selected by an international panel of experts, the 10 winners have been revealed in Paris SESAMES HARDWARE: The winner is MORPHO E-DOCUMENTS with ConnectSIM. […]

Dates: April 4-6, 2011 Location: Washington, DC URL: http://www.worldcongress.com/events/HR11000/ Description: The 8th Annual World Health Care Congress (WHCC) is World Congress’ flagship event in which over 1,800 health care, government and corporate leaders formulate solutions to the challenges of health care cost, quality and delivery. In response to demands from the nation’s largest providers, payers […]

Dates: September 27-29, 2011 Location: Tampa, Florida Venue: Tampa Convention Center URL: URL: http://events.jspargo.com/biometrics11/ or http://www.biometrics.org/ Description: Supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Security Agency (NSA), the Biometrics Consortium Conference is focused on Biometric Technologies for Defense, Homeland Security, Identity Management, Border Crossing and Electronic Commerce. The Conference […]