The Georgia State Senate has approved a bill that would require senior citizens in the state to acquire a biometric ID card to access Medicaid for health care, according to a WSBTV article. The new bill, which passed on a 34-21 margin, stipulates the use of fingerprint biometrics for each of the ID cards. The […]

MedAssets, a health care financial management company, has partnered with HT Systems, a developer of health care technology, to jointly market HT Systems’ PatientSecure biometric-based patient identity management system. PatientSecure works as a vascular scanner authenticating patients identities at the point of care by scanning the unique vein pattern in the palm of his hand […]

Authasas, a developer of biometric solutions, has announced that they have released its new biometric authentication solution that is designed for Microsoft Vergence, Microsoft’s product for managing clinical workstations in such industries as health care. The new solution, called Authasas Advanced Authentication, enables a user to authenticate himself via fingerprint authentication as well as smart […]

In the latest edition of the Regarding ID podcast, Anna Fernezian, program manager for identity and assurance at CSC, fills listeners in on PIV-I, the smart card specification that can be used by non-federal issuers to create highly-secure credentials. Fernezian talks about the specification and why it’s important as well as the role it may […]

Many organizations are moving over to a Microsoft Windows 7 Operating System. This transition may directly affect ID card printing system. Before an organization makes the switch they need to check to make sure the printer will work with Windows 7. ColorID wants to make sure its’ clients check their card printer before making the […]

On Track Innovations has received an additional order for 100,000 MediSmart health care biometric ID cards from Kenya’s Smart Applications International (SMART). According to OTI, the MediSmart solution includes biometric cards, readers and related software that are seamlessly integrated with hospital management systems. MediSmart cards provide holders with complete medical history, biometric identification (photo and […]

NEC Corporation has announced the development of a new hybrid fingerprint sensor. The HS100-10 Contactless Hybrid Finger Scanner utilizes both fingerprint and finger vein authentication, but doesn’t require any physical contact with the scanner to obtain the data necessary to authenticate an individual’s identity via the two biometric modes. The device, which is expected to […]