Advanced Health & Care, a UK-based IT management systems provider for health care services, is reporting a “surge in demand” for its NFC-enabled mobile workforce solution iConnect. Designed specifically for the home care environment, AH&C’s iConnect uses NFC to deliver live schedules and service user information to care workers, while providing verifiable arrival and departure […]

BIO-key International has announced that it has implemented its fingerprint-based solution, Positive ID Director, for EPIC software to the Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. The move by Nationwide came as part of an effort to comply with regulations called Positive ID set by the Ohio Board of Pharmacies that requires hospitals in the state to […]

IC-TAG Solutions, Inc. announced its latest in RFID offerings to the health care industry including new RFID wristbands and new RFID labels for tracking patients and blood bank bags. The company’s RFID wristbands, called IC-BANDs, are designed for one-time use with a self-adhesive closure that ensures the band stays firmly on the patient’s wrist. The […]

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services committee for security and privacy is recommending participants in the Nationwide Health Information Network initiative use digital certificates. The digital certificates should meet the Federal Bridge Certification Authority standards and be issued by a certificate authority that’s a member of the Federal Public Key Infrastructure framework, according […]

British Columbia plans to introduce new smart care card which will hold a picture and security chip, but not without opposition. Darrell Evans, program director for the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association, is concerned that the new cards could leak information, reports CBCnews.ca B.C. Health Minister Mike de Jong said the new cards […]

CPM marketing group has developed a model it thinks can help identify smart phone toting patients. Hospitals have been trying to market smart phone applications to citizens, however, they had yet to find a way how to identify who might carry one, or be willing to use an application should it be available. CPM’s new […]

New Jersey is releasing a new driver license that includes 25 new security features that help prevent the Id card from being counterfeited. The new ID also comes into compliance of The REAL ID Act of 2005, which establishes federal security for identification. New Jersey license applicants will also be run through a facial recognition […]