HealtheLink is a health information exchange in western N.Y. that wanted to help health care providers give patients better care. Instead of having to carry around multiple medical records from different doctors the exchange enables providers to look up records from different provider via a secure network. But securing this network is a difficult task. […]

The desire for greater health care coverage in Gabon and the modernization of the country’s health insurance system remains a persistent goal of President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba. The first phase of deployment for national e-health cards is taking place one year after Gabon national health care body, CNAMGS, announced the selection of Gemalto […]

The Smart Card Alliance Health Care Council released a new brief today on the rising threat of medical identity theft, calling for the use of two-factor authentication with smart card technology as the ideal way to protect patient identities and information. According to a recent study by the Ponemon Institute, nearly 1.5 million Americans have […]

A St. Jerome, Canadian hospital is utilizing Ekahau’s real-time location system to improve patient and staff safety in emergency situations. Working together with system integrator Bell Canada, Ekahau delivered its T301BD pager tags, which operate on the hospitals existing Wi-Fi network. The system can pinpoint staff location within in a matter of seconds – using […]

Anakam announced that HEALTHeLINK, the Western New York Clinical Information Exchange, based in Buffalo, N.Y., has selected the Anakam Identity Suite to provide trusted access to the private health information of the more than 1.5 million patients in the community. HEALTHeLINK has implemented the Anakam Identity Suite to provide service to its community providing a […]

The U.S. government is offering physicians and hospitals incentives to deploy electronic medical records. But there’s still the issue of how to properly identify patients in these systems and make sure their information is properly safeguarded. Dr. Robert Wah, chief medical officer and vice president of CSC’s North American Public Sector business unit, spoke with […]

LifeMed Card Inc., a supplier of smart card solutions for the domestic hospital market, announced that it has entered into a contract to supply its Patient Smart Card Software Platform to Sarasota Memorial Hospital, an 806-bed regional medical center in Sarasota, Fla. The LifeMed software uses smart cards, secure readers, and kiosks to streamline patient […]

Versus Technology was recently selected by Canyon Park Clinic, Pacific Medical Center for its clinic workflow automation solution. The solution is based on Versus’ real-time locating system, Versus Advantages. The Versus system collects data pertaining to the current location of patients and resources, and patient and room status updates. With this information the clinic staff […]

Japanese security and biometric technology developer Ayonix has introduced its new palm-vein scanner called PalmSecure. PalmSecure operates as a contactless biometric authentication device by utilizing near-infrared light to take a picture of the unique vein layout in an individual’s hand and subsequently authenticate their identity. The contactless, and consequent hygienic, aspect of it has Ayonix […]

There are a number of reasons strong identification is needed in health care. Making sure the correct electronic health record is connected to the correct patient would be the foremost but there’s also the growing crime of medical identity theft, according to a report released from the Smart Card Alliance. “Many authorities consider medical identity […]