Phoenix plans to introduce its Personal Health Station & Smart Card System at the American Telemedicine Association conference this week in Tampa, Fla. The kiosk looks similar to ones seen for years in drug stores, except this one has a bit more technology under the hood. An individual can check blood pressure and weight at […]

The health care industry has reached a defining point for building a solid identity management infrastructure, and for meaningful use of electronic health records, the Smart Card Alliance Healthcare Council said. The Healthcare Council in 2011 plans to continue providing guidance and educational materials on strong authentication and smart card technology for health care professional […]

GAO RFID has announced the launch of its new contactless UHF Gen 2 silicon wristband tag. Designed for personnel verification in hospitals, nursing homes, schools and other institutions, the tag (model 116401) operates at 860-960MHz, providing a read range of 5-12 cm. The Gen 2 IMPINJ-complaint tag also features 96 bits of memory and comes […]

State legislators in New York have proposed a biometric system that would help verify a patient’s identity if they are using Medicaid in an effort to curb the fraud that has resulted in $5 billion annually lost in the state, according to a WNYT News Channel 13 article. The proposed legislation would require users of […]

Operation Asha, a non-government organization in India that monitors Tuberculosis in Indian cities, has been relying on biometrics to keep track of who has been infected in an effort to eradicate the disease completely, according to a Times of India article. Due to their efforts, Operation Asha has been named one of the thirty social […]

During a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services budget hearing, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) questioned Sec. Kathleen Sebelius about upgrading the Medicare ID card to help prevent fraud and waste. The HHS budget requests $580 million fraud prevention, Kirk said during the hearing. He added that one thing that could be done is […]

By Michael Magrath, Director, Business Development, Government and Healthcare for Gemalto, CSCIP Identity theft is common in the banking world and online, but now it is also lurking where Americans are told to feel the most protected–hospitals. The frightening reality is that there is little to no identity management, much less protection, in our health […]

M2SYS has announced the release of a new multi-biometric solution designed for use in the health care industry as a patient identification system. The system, called RightPatient, is being touted as the health care industry’s first multi-biometric and instantly deployable patient identity solution. The system was designed with two purposes in mind, to increase security […]

The Georgia State Senate has approved a bill that would require senior citizens in the state to acquire a biometric ID card to access Medicaid for health care, according to a WSBTV article. The new bill, which passed on a 34-21 margin, stipulates the use of fingerprint biometrics for each of the ID cards. The […]

MedAssets, a health care financial management company, has partnered with HT Systems, a developer of health care technology, to jointly market HT Systems’ PatientSecure biometric-based patient identity management system. PatientSecure works as a vascular scanner authenticating patients identities at the point of care by scanning the unique vein pattern in the palm of his hand […]