Meridian Health, iMPak Health and T-Mobile have announced the successful deployment of their NFC-enabled SleepTrak sleep monitoring system. The system uses a SleepTrack card, a credit card-sized wireless device that is secured in a band worn around the upper arm, that tracks and monitors the user’s sleep habits through actigraphy, a widely used test method […]

Asian countries will be the biggest consumer’s of electronic credentials, according to IMS Research’s electronic government and health care card Opportunity Matrix. IMS Research’s provides a ranking for the opportunity offered for suppliers of electronic government and healthcare ID cards for the leading 15 countries. The scores are calculated using a formula that is based […]

idOnDemand announced the availability of a new white paper on physical access control systems. The white paper: “Physical Access Card Systems: Yesterday and Today” by security analyst Dave Kearns, is designed to assist organizations in recognizing the limitations of their proximity card-based building access systems and offers a secure, standards-based approach to modernize building security. […]

Trimble announced XECAN has integrated the ThingMagic Astra ultra-high frequency reader into its RFID oncology solution, which was also just recently deployed at Jordan Hospital in Plymouth, Mass. With the integrated ThingMagic Astra reader installed the oncology solution automates patient queuing, along with the opening of patient charts and treatment plans, in addition to accessory […]

To support the fight against breast cancer, Datacard Group, a secure ID and card personalization solution provider, is introducing a limited edition pink Datacard SD260 Card Printer. The pink printer will be available for purchase from October 2011 to March 2012 as supplies last. Datacard will donate a portion of the proceeds from each printer […]

Mobile multi-factor authentication company PhoneFactor has developed a reseller partnership with Imprivata, a provider of sign-on and access management products for health care and other industries, to provide phone-based authentication services to Imprivata clients. The joint solution works with Imprivata’s OneSign authentication and access management tool, as well as OneSign Anywhere, which provides OneSign services […]

Kirk, congressmen submit bill A new bill submitted to Congress proposes smart card IDs for Medicare recipients and providers. Sens. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Reps. Jim Gerlach (R-Pa) and Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) are the primary sponsors of the proposed legislation. The Medicare ID also has remained pretty much the same since […]