Resolute Health, based in New Braunfels, Texas, has launched a health security smart card to facilitate patient registration. Resolute contracted with LifeMed ID to implement the SecureReg Patient Identity Management System. With the Resolute Health BeneFIT smart card, a patient can check into either the Resolute Health Center for Wellbeing or the Resolute Health Family […]

Sim-Prints’ biometrics app for improving patient care in the developing world won the first Idea Transform Weekend held in Cambridge, UK, reports Business Weekly. With this mobile phone-based app, health care workers can collect and check patient information in a variety of environments. The project was developed by Shruti Badwar, Mariy Chhatriwala, Toby Norman for […]

Gemalto will issue an additional 15 million second-generation German eHealth cards to AOK – the German health insurance fund – in 2012. AOK (Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse), the Health Insurance Fund, looks after around 25 million people, approximately one-third of the population in Germany. Last year, Gemalto issued 2.5 million health cards for the German National Health […]

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 […]

The health care market is riddled with identity management and authentication challenges but smart cards may be poised to change that. Health care organizations are faced with a myriad of obstacles when it comes to security, identity verification and authentication of staff, says Michael Magrath, director of business development for government and health care at […]

Intelligent Insites Inc. announced that its InSites RTLS healthcare software solution now supports ThingMagic Astra readers for passive RFID data integration. The ThingMagic Astra reader is an ultra-high frequency RFID reader with a fully integrated antenna designed for commercial environments, such as hospitals and clinics. Astra readers offer Power over Ethernet (PoE) and WiFi options […]

Avery Dennison Healthcare Provider Solutions and Trimble are working together to deliver ThingMagic powered passive RFID-based systems to hospitals. As part of the joint effort, Avery will leverage Trimble’s ThingMagic Mercury6 and Astra ultra-high frequency reader platforms to improve key processes for increased patient safety and satisfaction and reduce costs. The passive technology is scalable […]

VeriTeQ announced its plans to offer the FDA-cleared VeriChip microchip, a rice grain-sized passive RFID microchip, for the identification of breast implants and other medical devices. The company is already working to identify medical devices, such as vascular ports, for the proper identification of the port and medication dosing requirements through an existing contract with […]

British Columbia is moving forward with plans to upgrade its CareCard program. According to The Vancouver Sun, the new card will provide access to a variety of regional services including electronic health records, driver license and school registration for children. The local government plans to sign a $20 million, six year deal with Toronto-based SecureKey […]

VeriTeQ announced it has acquired the VeriChip implantable microchip and related technologies and Health Link Web-based personal health record (PHR) from Positive ID. VeriChip is the FDA-cleared RFID implantable microchip for humans and patient identification. VeriTeQ states it will focus on patient identification and PHR access through the VeriChip implantable microchip and Health Link Web-based […]