Versus Technology Inc. has partnered up with Washington’s Pacific Medical Center (PacMed) to provide its Versus Advantage real-time locating system. Canyon Park Clinic, PacMed’s newest location in Bothell, Wash., implemented the Versus Advantages Clinic solution in an effort to reduce patient visit times and improve overall patient experience. With 100 on-site personnel and up to […]

Anakam has been acquired by Equifax Inc. The two companies have been partners since the beginning of 2010, when Equifax selected Anakam to provide the electronic authenticator for the Equifax I-Card. Terms of the deal, which closed Oct. 1, were not disclosed. Equifax and Anakam also have had a strategic partnership providing no touch, risk-based […]

Ekahau Inc. announced that Clarian Health, an academic medical center in the state of Indiana, is deploying its real-time locating system to include applications for asset tracking, staff safety, patient flow and temperature management. An initial 10,000-tag deployment is scheduled for November and will target the health care system’s three downtown Indianapolis hospitals – Methodist […]

The September meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a […]

The 2010 Sesames Awards finalists were recently selected as some of the best in their respective categories – hardware, software, and applications. Applications will be split into eight sectors: Identification/ID Cards, IT Security, Transportation, Banking/Retail/Loyalty, Mobility, Trusted Internet/Authentication, e-Transactions, Manufacturing & Tests. Hardware Infineon Technologies with Infineon SLI 76 “in-car” family Morpho e-Documents with ConnectSIM […]

RF Technologies, a provider of RFID monitoring systems and health care security solutions, announced its new Smart Sense transmitter and banding technology designed to offer improved tamper detection. The new transmitter will support RF Technologies Safe Place Infant and Pediatric Security Solution, which utilizes radio frequency technology to help prevent both infant abductions and unauthorized […]

Zvetco Biometrics, a developer of biometric technology solutions, has announced they have been selected by New York-based home health care provider Caring Professionals for a biometric-based patient health record and billing solution. Specifically, Caring Professionals will be utilizing Zvetco’s Verifi fingerprint readers in association with client-server software from Authasas to biometrically secure patient health records. […]