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 […]

Versus was recently selected to support the Bethesda Hospital’s Emergency Preparedness Partnership real-time locating system initiative, in which the Versus Advantages system was utilized during the organizations disaster preparedness drill. During the drill, as victims arrived at triage areas, they were decontaminated, triaged and assigned Versus ID badges, which communicated the patient’s location and triage […]

Xyntek, a provider and integrator of health care technology, has announced that it now offers biometric solutions with its XyNexus Healthcare Integration Services. The new biometric offerings are designed to better authenticate staff and patients in hospitals, can be used with fingerprint, palm vein or iris recognition hardware and has optional out-of-the-box single sign-on software […]

AeroScout announced that Belgium-based hospital AZ Monica has deployed its real-time location system to automate temperature monitoring and monitor patients’ whereabouts. Using AeroScout’s temperature monitoring solution, the hospital is able to automate the observation of refrigerators containing medications, vaccines, blood and other critical items. Temperature tags measure refrigerator temperatures on a defined interval and transmit […]

I-DENTI-FIED Inc. has developed a patent-pending system in which a unique patient ID on a miniature RFID transponder is placed into a denture or dental prosthetic. During a medical visit, a hospital, ambulance or a doctor’s office equipped with a special RFID reader can retrieve the ID and display the patient’s emergency medical profile via […]

Docrates Clinic, a Finland-based cancer center in Helsinki, has deployed Ekahau’s real-time locating system to manage patient alerts and quickly locate staff in emergency situations. A nurse can request assistance with a single push of a button, which relays real-time information of the sender’s location – down to the room level – allowing staff too […]

Versus Technology Inc. has partnered up with Washington’s Pacific Medical Center (PacMed) to provide its Versus Advantage real-time locating system. Canyon Park Clinic, PacMed’s newest location in Bothell, Wash., implemented the Versus Advantages Clinic solution in an effort to reduce patient visit times and improve overall patient experience. With 100 on-site personnel and up to […]

Zvetco Biometrics, a developer of biometric technology solutions, has announced they have been selected by New York-based home health care provider Caring Professionals for a biometric-based patient health record and billing solution. Specifically, Caring Professionals will be utilizing Zvetco’s Verifi fingerprint readers in association with client-server software from Authasas to biometrically secure patient health records. […]

Laguna Honda Hospital & Rehabilitation Center, San Francisco, has elected AeroScout to provide its patient safety, staff safety and asset tracking solutions at its nursing facility set to open later this year. Patients with cognitive impairments, such as Alzheimer’s, and need an additional level of safety will wear AeroScout wristband tags, which allow caregivers to […]

Secure patient ID is key to curbing medical identity theft and protecting electronic record By Zack Martin, Editor, AVISIAN Publications The health care industry is in the process of switching from paper to electronic medical records. President Obama set aside more than $19 billion for health care providers to deploy the electronic records in order […]