The U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010” aimed at improving cybersecurity research, development and technical standards. The proposed law would create an office for a national coordinator for the networking and information technology research and development program. The law would also establish a program to develop and support identity management […]

ImageWare Systems Inc. and Vista LifeSciences announced the formation of a partnership to offer clients secure biometric identification for electronic medical records. Vista LifeSciences’ products are used by the U.S. Department of Defense. Vista LifeSciences is the provider of automated neurocognitive assessment technology to the United States Department of Defense that has been used to […]

The January meeting of the 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 list […]

Versus Technology announced the deployment of Enterprise VISion for the St. Louis Veteran’s Medical Center to help manage patient flow, room status and interaction with patients in real-time. With more than 200 hospital beds, the medical center hopes to use the real time location system to improve safety, efficiency and volume management for its growing […]

M2SYS Technology, a developer of biometric solutions, is working with 1Key4Solutions, an international health care technology group, to bring M2SYS’ biometric solutions to hospitals in Angola. The project is expected to begin with Hospital 28 Augosta, which is one of the largest hospitals in the country. The need for a biometric solution was decided by […]

Concerns about security and confidentiality are putting the German health smart card program on hold, according to a report in eHealth Europe. The card was supposed to be issued to 80 million German citizens. The card was supposed to store a patient’s health data, medical history, prescriptions and insurance status. The program was supposed to […]

Schweizer Electronic and Siemens Austria have united to bring a new type of RFID transponder with an integrated sensor technology known as SEAGSens. The SEAGSens technology will be used for temperature monitoring, tracing and identification of blood bags, medications and other food items. Schweizer Electronic, in collaboration with Offenburg University, will be responsible for the […]