MedAssets, a health care financial management company, has partnered with HT Systems, a developer of health care technology, to jointly market HT Systems’ PatientSecure biometric-based patient identity management system. PatientSecure works as a vascular scanner authenticating patients identities at the point of care by scanning the unique vein pattern in the palm of his hand […]

IDS Microchip has began shipping first production parts of its new EPC Gen2 compliant RFID sensory tag chip, the SL900A. Available in 16-LD QFN or as dice on wafer, the SL900A enables applications such as supply and cold chain with dynamic shelf life monitoring, tracking history and condition of constructions, controlling and recording of medication, […]

Zebra Technologies Europe has announced availability of the Zebra RXi4 RFID print/encoder designed for high-volume, item-level tagging from supply chain to retail floor. The rugged R110Xi4 aims to streamline workflow operations and supply chain management applications such as inventory management and more across retail, manufacturing, health care and distribution channels. The RXi4 features Zebra’s patent-pending […]

Authasas, a developer of biometric solutions, has announced that they have released its new biometric authentication solution that is designed for Microsoft Vergence, Microsoft’s product for managing clinical workstations in such industries as health care. The new solution, called Authasas Advanced Authentication, enables a user to authenticate himself via fingerprint authentication as well as smart […]

Researchers from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft will be exhibiting a surgical instrument with an integrated electronic chip at this year’s MEDTEC Europe trade show in Stuttgart. The Bremen-based scientists will be presenting the technique that is laser melting, which enables the manufacture of surgical instruments of any shape, even those with complex interiors like channels, or those […]

On Track Innovations has received an additional order for 100,000 MediSmart health care biometric ID cards from Kenya’s Smart Applications International (SMART). According to OTI, the MediSmart solution includes biometric cards, readers and related software that are seamlessly integrated with hospital management systems. MediSmart cards provide holders with complete medical history, biometric identification (photo and […]

NEC Corporation has announced the development of a new hybrid fingerprint sensor. The HS100-10 Contactless Hybrid Finger Scanner utilizes both fingerprint and finger vein authentication, but doesn’t require any physical contact with the scanner to obtain the data necessary to authenticate an individual’s identity via the two biometric modes. The device, which is expected to […]

Hosted by the RFID and Healthcare Consortium at the HIMSS11 annual meeting, a hospital smart room was featured leveraging the power of RFID technology to optimize medical device connectivity and deliver improvements in patient safety, reports Cardiovascular Business. The smart room centers on a design to improve distribution of patient information by integrating real-time data […]

HID Global has enabled the Albert Einstein Healthcare Network to simplify the re-badging of more than 7,000 personnel following the firm’s spin-off and corporate re-branding, while also migrating to higher-security contactless smart card technology. The network’s first objective was to re-badge personnel at the organization’s four hospitals, seven campuses and approximately 50 offsite primary-care physician […]

Health care data is a sensitive and highly personal collection of information that requires strong protection. However, in order to derive true value from electronic health records, this information needs to be readily available to providers, facilities, and even patients and their families to positively impact care quality, accuracy and cost. The Smart Card Alliance […]