State legislators in New York have proposed a biometric system that would help verify a patient’s identity if they are using Medicaid in an effort to curb the fraud that has resulted in $5 billion annually lost in the state, according to a WNYT News Channel 13 article. The proposed legislation would require users of […]

Operation Asha, a non-government organization in India that monitors Tuberculosis in Indian cities, has been relying on biometrics to keep track of who has been infected in an effort to eradicate the disease completely, according to a Times of India article. Due to their efforts, Operation Asha has been named one of the thirty social […]

ImageFIRST, provider of laundry services in the health care industry, has selected Fujitsu ultra-high frequency RFID tags and Positek RFID to improve garment identification and tracking at its Clearwater, Fla. facility. The laundry specialist will utilize Fujitsu WT-A511 ultra-high frequency RFID tags, which will give the company better visibility into its inventory and deliver benefits […]

Swedish hospitals are now using YubiKey USB authentication to meet security requirements guidelines established by the Swedish Data Inspection Agency. Leveraging strong authentication, employees use YubiKey to securely log on to “Riks-Stroke,” the national register center for acute stroke patients. All Swedish health care providers admitting acute stroke patients participate in the program, which stores […]

During a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services budget hearing, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) questioned Sec. Kathleen Sebelius about upgrading the Medicare ID card to help prevent fraud and waste. The HHS budget requests $580 million fraud prevention, Kirk said during the hearing. He added that one thing that could be done is […]

WaveMark unveiled its newest Clinical Business Intelligence and Real Time Inventory Management (CIMS) solution set. The WaveMark solution leverages RFID technology to track high value medical supplies such as stents, catheters or implantable cardiac defibrillators through receipt, storage and clinical use. The system captures individual device serial number, lot number, and expiration date and purchase […]

ClearCount Medical Solutions has selected NXP RFID technology to enables its SmartSponge System. The RFID-based SmartSponge System can detect and account for surgical sponges and other retained foreign objects placed in a patient’s body when undergoing surgery. The system is comprised of RFID-enabled surgical sponges, an embedded RFID reader within automated software accounting system, an […]

By Michael Magrath, Director, Business Development, Government and Healthcare for Gemalto, CSCIP Identity theft is common in the banking world and online, but now it is also lurking where Americans are told to feel the most protected–hospitals. The frightening reality is that there is little to no identity management, much less protection, in our health […]

M2SYS has announced the release of a new multi-biometric solution designed for use in the health care industry as a patient identification system. The system, called RightPatient, is being touted as the health care industry’s first multi-biometric and instantly deployable patient identity solution. The system was designed with two purposes in mind, to increase security […]

Terso Solutions announced that it has expanded its line of RFID-enabled enclosures with the addition of a new refrigerator that is well-suited for hospital and laboratory inventory management. Leveraging the power of RFID, the refrigerator enables hospitals, research labs, and manufactures and distributors to improve patient care, and better manage and protect high value products […]