British Columbia is making plans to replace its CareCard with a new smart card that will hold various types of data, reports the Burns Lake District News. Announced in May, the new card will replace the old CareCard because there are twice as many cards in circulation as there are residents eligible for the Medical […]

PositiveID announced that it has received an order for its VeriChip microchip to be used for disaster preparedness and emergency management by the Israeli Military. The VeriChip microchip was cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2004 for patient identification. The company’s integration partner intends to provide the microchips to the Israel Defense […]

Asian countries will be the biggest consumer’s of electronic credentials, according to IMS Research’s electronic government and health care card Opportunity Matrix. IMS Research’s provides a ranking for the opportunity offered for suppliers of electronic government and healthcare ID cards for the leading 15 countries. The scores are calculated using a formula that is based […]

Kirk, congressmen submit bill A new bill submitted to Congress proposes smart card IDs for Medicare recipients and providers. Sens. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Reps. Jim Gerlach (R-Pa) and Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) are the primary sponsors of the proposed legislation. The Medicare ID also has remained pretty much the same since […]

City College Norwich in the UK has inked a deal with Alert ID Group to design a system which will maintain student medical records and emergency contacts ready to dispatch to families and first responders in the event of any emergency. At the UK campus more than 14,000 students are encouraged to participate in the […]

The Smart Card Alliance is hosting a webinar entitled, Smart Health ID Cards: Addressing Challenges with Patient Identity Management and Authentication. Accurately identifying and authenticating patients are a problem for hospitals, other health care providers and health care payers that impact administrative efficiency, revenue collection, legislative compliance and patient quality of care. This webinar will […]

Patient identity software company LifeMed ID and PETLinQ, a education and software company that targets the general multi-modality outpatient radiology and PET center market, have partnered for patient identification and authentication. PETLinQ is instating LifeMed ID’s SecureReg software to its customer base in the U.S. This card registration product identifies and authenticates patients every time […]

The International Organization for Standards (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) have put out a new international standard to ensure security of biometric data processed online, according to a Manufacturing.Net article. The new standard, called ISO/IEC 24745, was created out of a concern for the increasing use of biometric technologies for online authentication in […]

Asahi Kasei, a Japan-based chemical and tech company, has developed a tiny contactless health care device that allows paramedics and ER doctors to access a patient’s health records in seconds, according to Techcrunch.com. Operating on Japan’s FeliCa contactless RFID system, the 3x3cm token makes it possible for first responders to access important health information, such […]

U.S. Bank has announced the launch of its new contactless VITAband, a light-weight wristband that combines contactless payment technology with emergency contact and medical information. Equipped with MasterCard’s PayPass technology, the VITAband enables customers to make purchases by simply tapping their wrist against any point of sale that accepts contactless payments. The device also provides […]