A British scientist has implanted an RFID chip within himself that contains a computer virus; one which is reportedly able to infect RFID readers and even spread to RFID chips, according to a report from The H Security. With the chip implanted in his finger, Dr. Mark Gasson has launched several tests to highlight the […]

Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Sao Paulo, Brazil has chosen AeroScout and its asset tracking and temperature monitoring solutions for improving staff efficiency, equipment utilization and patient safety and care. Additionally, using AeroScout’s real time location system will enable the hospital to track and manage thousands of medical equipment units and wirelessly monitor the temperature […]

BIO-key International has announced that enterprise software developer Evidian has integrated BIO-key’s biometric software into their Enterprise Single Sign-on (SSO) solution and that the resulting solution has been deployed to two major pharmaceutical companies with a collective 15,000 users. The SSO solution now enables users to log-in to the system once with a swipe of […]

Due to recent pushes for electronic health records, patient privacy concerns and fraud reductions in health care, biometrics are becoming increasingly important in the industry, according to a Healthcare Technology Online article. Among the many modes of biometrics available fro use in health care, vascular biometrics seems to be the most viable option for many […]

The Smart Card Alliance Health care Council announced a webinar reviewing the growing threat of medical identity theft and the policies and technology solutions that can address it. Randy Vanderhoof, executive director of the Smart Card Alliance, explains “For this webinar, the Alliance is bringing together experts in the field to discuss the serious problem […]

A clinical study is underway at New York-based Nyack Hospital to evaluate the use of a telemonitoring system, eMedoline, which leverages RFID smart labels to monitor medication adherence in discharged heart failure patients. Medication packaging equipped with an RFID inlay collect and transmits medication data wirelessly by a patient’s phone in real time, and helps […]

DigitalPersona, a developer of fingerprint-based biometric technology solutions has partnered up with ScriptRx, a developer of various health care technology solutions, to integrate DigitalPersona’s U.are.U fingerprint readers into ScriptRx’s Electronic Medical Record and Discharge System for Emergency Rooms and Urgent Care Centers. The final solution is a kiosk that eases and biometrically secures regular tasks […]