Secure patient ID is key to curbing medical identity theft and protecting electronic record By Zack Martin, Editor, AVISIAN Publications The health care industry is in the process of switching from paper to electronic medical records. President Obama set aside more than $19 billion for health care providers to deploy the electronic records in order […]

ClearCount Medical Solutions, a Pittsburgh-based provider of patient safety products for the operating room, has closed its $5 million series B financing round. The company intends to use the funds to further research and development of its RFID-based solutions for operating rooms. ClearCount has already developed the first FDA-cleared sponge counting and detection solution. The […]

SmartMetric, a developer of portable biometric solutions, has announced that its biometric activated data card can now be used to contain full medical history and health records on the individual. The card, called the SmartMetric Data Card, is a standard sized card that has the capability of holding multiple pages of data as well as […]

HID Global announced an extension of its secure access and identification solutions to secure print authentication. The company is partnering with multi-function printer manufacturers and their application partners to develop secure print authentication solutions that enable HID Global customers to use iClass credentials on printers to reduce print costs and increase security and compliance. The […]

Aethon announced recently that it’s automated tracking and chain-of-custody system – MedEx – is now operational at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The MedEx System serves as enhancement to the TUG robot, also developed by Aethon, and allows hospital pharmacies to know the real-time location and status of medications throughout the facility. Combining passive […]

GuardRFID, provider of RFID-based technologies for real time tracking in the health care industry, announced that it has joined the DASH7 Alliance, a coalition of organizations promoting the advanced development of the ISO 18000-7 (DASH7) standard for wireless sensor networks. As a developer of active RFID technology and solutions for real time locating systems and […]

SimplexGrinnell and GuardRFID have executed a distribution agreement that formally provides SimplexGrinnell access to GuardRFID’s products and solutions. This new relationship will allow SimplexGrinnell to expand offerings to its health care customers. It will enable them to offer features such as GuardRFID’s TotGaurd system, and the wander prevention and asset locating systems to more healthcare […]