The vigorous take up of contactless payment in the United States and its future in mobile phones, plus a Mount Sinai Medical Center initiative to give patients control of their own health and hospital registration information, highlighted day two of the Alliance annual conference. Included are highlights of the following main topics: Contactless payments, Near […]

Imprivata®, Inc. announced that The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF) implemented OneSign™ Single Sign-On (SSO) throughout its headquarters to address password management issues such as user convenience, help desk costs, and enterprise security across multiple departments. The software’s access management capabilities enable organizations to record and control who […]

ScreenCheck has qualified for the new AET Europe B.V. (AET) Certified Solution Program. AET uses ScreenCheck for total card solutions concepts. ScreenCheck provides smart card ID solutions for national ID card systems, weapon card systems and medical card solutions. AET has a global ranking as a market and technology leader when it comes to middleware […]

Some say RFID is the antidote to drug counterfeiting. But others, from tech publications like the EETimes, question this notion. Check out this excerpt: The electronics industry has been counting on RFID’s adoption as the antidote to drug counterfeiting. But legal wrangling and federal foot-dragging, abetted by the powerful pharmaceutical lobby, are raising concerns that […]

The company A*STAR is pushing ahead with efforts to help Singapore firms adopt RFID technology, according to news reports. Four agreements signed on Thursday indicated the technology will get a big push used in the retail, healthcare, pharmaceutical and logistics industries. MediaCart Asia, for one, will invest $2.5 million into developing RFID-enabled shopping carts, reports […]

The Hose Track Identification and Lifecycle Analysis System from AdvantaPure – just released last week – is supposedly full of advantages. The tracking system, developed for hose assemblies and is now used for other process components (e.g., bio-bags, pumps, filters, diaphragm valves, UV lamps, tanks, and vessels), uses RFID to track individual parts. In tracking, […]

Texas Instruments Incorporated just announced that it is applying “core capabilities” in contactless and power efficient microcontroller technologies along with advanced embedded memory for next-generation government identification (ID) products that deliver greater speed, performance, and productivity in issuance and use to customers. (How’s that for a tongue twister?!) Translation: Texas Instruments is a big player […]