Smart card provider Axalto has been chosen to supply at least eight million personalized Vitale 2 cards to the French population starting in 2007 as part of an upgrade of the country’s current health card. Designed to simplify the administrative process for healthcare reimbursement, the card cuts down on paperwork, speeds up the reimbursement process […]

Score another for durable chips with 2048-bit memories in the LRI2K and LRIS2K chips introduced this week by STMicroelectronics – created to meet demands for increased memory in cost-sensitive RFID applications requiring both data storage and high security. The Geneva vendor will market these babies to businesses looking for better access control, library automation, and […]

Jena University Hospital (in Jena, Germany) has high hopes on reducing medication errors (and improving patient care) with internationally based SAP AG’s NetWeaver software package – which it will implement ASAP, says a news release. By applying RFID hardware infrastructure provided by Intel® Solution Services — including port scanners, communication and radio devices and RFID […]

Pharmaceutical fraud continues to be a big problem. But as more and more RFID and drug companies complete successful pilots for tracking controlled substances, it’s also big business. Take Aegate, a company whose business is healthcare authentication business. Results major four-month pilot of fraud-busting technology in the United States, unveiled at the recent Secure Pharma […]

VeriFone Holdings has released its new card payment reader designed for drive-thru restaurants, pharmacies, and parking facilities. The QX720, encased in a weather-resistant housing, supports credit, debit and contactless cards and features an easy-to-read display even in sunlight. Weather-Resistant QX720 Speeds Up Drive-Thru Lanes and Provides Consumers with Easy-to-Use Credit, Debit and Contactless Payment Options […]

The headline reads, “The Healthcare RFID Market is Expected to Continue Growing due to New Tagging of Drugs for Anti-Counterfeiting.” As if we didn’t know that already, right? But thanks to the new report plugged in a handy press release, you now have the figures to prove this is the direction the industry – and […]

The timing couldn’t be more eerily uncanny for the folks at surgical RFID chip manufacturer VeriChip, and ID security provider Applied Digital, whose CEO Scott R. Silverman is now scheduled to discuss RFID immigration applications on CNBC’s “Sqawk Box” (the interview was supposed to happen this morning but got pushed back at the last minute). […]