Verichip Corporation, in the news in the last couple of weeks due to stock-related excitement, now offers some operational news. The company, makers of the FDA-approved implantable RFID chip, has announced a partnership with Microsoft HealthVault, an online depository of personal health records. Microsoft HealthVault offers users a format to organize personal health records, share […]

Health care technology provider Mobile Aspects Inc. has announced its certification under the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Standard. Pittsburgh-based Mobile Aspects provides of RFID-enabled clinical resource management solutions, many of them based on the company’s flagship tracking architecture, the Intelligent Radio Frequency Inventory System (iRIS). ISO 9001:2000 is an international Quality Management System standard developed by […]

VeriChip Corporation, providers of RFID-enabled health care solutions including the VeriMed Health Link system which uses human-implantable RFID tags, has been notified by the Nasdaq Stock Market that the company’s stockholder equity as of September 30 had fallen below the $10 million dollar minimum required for a continued listing on the exchange. The notification, which […]

WaveMark Inc., a provider of RFID-enabled inventory management solutions with a focus on high-value medical supplies, has partnered with LUMEDX, a developer of cardiovascular information and imaging systems. The companies will integrate WaveMark’s Clinical Inventory Management Solution (CIMS) with LUMEDX’s Apollo Cardiovascular Information System, streamlining charge capturing and patient billing, and helping ensure the proper […]

Vascular biometrics have been a quickly growing market over the past while with major banks in Japan initially and increasingly European and American companies employing the technology first developed by Japanese technology company Hitachi, according to a Times Online article. Vascular technology is based on scanning the blood vessel pattern beneath the skin via a […]

Digital Angel Corporation, specialists in animal identification and emergency identification solutions, has sold its interests in the VeriChip Corporation, which offers RFID-enabled solutions for the health care industry. The VeriChip stock, which represents a 45% share in the company, is being purchased by R&R Consulting Partners, a company controlled by Scott R. Silverman, the former […]

The Indian government has chosen Evolis, a European-based card printer, to provide solutions for decentralized production and distribution of health ID cards. The Indian government has implemented a new health care access program for 60 million Indians living below the poverty line. This scheme provides families with health insurance values at $800 per year. The […]