The idea of issuing smart cards to patients in health care isn’t new but has yet to take off. Federal legislation has been proposed to issue smart cards to all Medicare recipients to reduce fraud. But states are also looking at the technology in order to protect patient privacy and cut down on abuse. New […]

Stuart, Florida-based Martin Health wanted to protect patient privacy, cut down on fraud and abuse, and make sure patients and records were correctly linked together, says Carol Plato, assistant vice president for revenue cycle at the health care system. Various solutions were reviewed, but the decision ultimately came down to biometrics. Deciding on biometrics was […]

Eurosmart released its findings and forecasts for the 2013 and 2014 worldwide shipments of microcontroller-based Smart Secure Devices. An estimated of 7.2 billion Smart Secure Devices were shipped in 2013, a number that is projected to grow by 7% to more than 7.7 billion units in 2014. These numbers, according to the organization, suggest the […]

Lumidigm’s multispectral fingerprint sensors and Fulcrum Biometrics’ devices are helping stop vaccine waste for millions of unvaccinated African citizens. The prior vaccine delivery system was plagued by ineffective tracking and reporting, leading to millions of young children not being properly vaccinated. It is estimated that some 2.5 million children born this year will die before […]

A market report from Transparency Market Research estimates that the global health care biometrics market, which was valued at $1.2 billion in 2012, is expected to see a compound annual growth rate of 25.9% from 2013 to 2019, en route to an estimated market value of $5.8 billion in 2019. The report, entitled “Health care […]

There was a time in the not-so-distant past where “one card that would rule them all,” was a hotly discussed topic. Credit, debit, transit, multiple loyalty schemes and possibly even identification would all be placed on to one smart card for use everywhere and anywhere. Conferences dedicated sessions to the discussion of multi-purpose smart cards, […]

The two-factor authentication market will touch $5.45 billion by the year 2017, predicts MarketsandMarkets. The report looks at the market by authentication type, application and geography and predicts a compound annual growth of 17.3%. Multi-factor authentication refers to user and employee authentication that uses two or more verifying authentication techniques – hardware token, one-time password (OTP), password/PIN, […]