GE Healthcare and Cisco have joined forces to help hospitals improve the quality of patient care, increase efficiency, and reduce costs by enabling them to better manage the flow of patients, staff and medical equipment. Hospitals will now have the ability to deploy GE’s AgileTrac platform, integrated with the Cisco Unified Wireless Network and Cisco […]

LifeNexus has plans during the HIMSS11 conference to introduce a new electronic health card designed to maintain an individual’s personal health record and provide payment card options all on the same card, according to HealthcareITNews.com. The company will give out 1,000 of these cards to attendees at the show, embedded with the company’s Individually Controller […]

The Seattle Children’s Hospital and Gemalto announced that the hospital has implemented Gemalto’s Protiva security solutions, including the Strong Authentication Server, two-factor authentication devices and technical support services, to securely access its servers, networks and VPNs. Seattle Children’s Hospital will equip 4,500 clinicians and IT administrators with Gemalto’s multi-factor authentication capability. 
 The hospital selected […]

Awarepoint Corp. announced that it will be participating in the upcoming HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition. Attendees who visit Awarepoint’s Booth #1901 in Hall B will see live demonstrations of health care solutions designed to actively track, monitor and optimize the utilization and work flow of both equipment and people in hospitals environments. Awarepoint will […]

BIO-key International and Lumidigm have deployed a biometric health care solution to Genesis HealthCare System. The new solution enabled doctors and pharmacists working in the Genesis HealthCare System to be able to electronically prescribe controlled medications in-line with the DEA required two-factor authentication in a quick and secure fashion. Moreover, With Lumidigm’s multispectral fingerprint sensors, […]

Frisbie Memorial Hospital, Rochester, N.H., has teamed with In Motion Technology to deploy a real-time monitoring network that will virtually connect and manage emergency medical equipment, and improve communications amongst hospital staff. FMH initially purchased In Motion’s onBoard Mobile Gateway to track vehicles and relay patient information from the field to the emergency room, but […]

AeroScout revealed a new hand hygiene compliance monitoring solution designed specifically to help hospitals improve patient safety and regulatory compliance. The solution leverages AeroScout’s RFID technology integrated with SMARTLINK series dispensers from GOJO Industries, and enables health care organizations to monitor if, when and where staff members are sanitizing their hands with either soap and […]

Ekahau has introduced three new wireless temperature and humidity sensor tags that provide an automated way to measure, monitor and manage areas where changes in the environment could be harmful. The tags are designed to assist with regulatory compliance – tracking critical assets and people – thus improving operations in industries including health care, retail, […]

PhoneFactor announced that its multi-factor authentication service has been integrated with Microsoft HealthVault, an online service designed to put consumers in control of their personal health information. HealthVault users can now benefit from an extra layer of security when signing into the service. When consumers sign into HealthVault, or one of the health and wellness […]

The 2011 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition will feature an RFID and RTLS showcase giving attendees a first-hand review and the opportunity to discover the many applications of RFID and RTLS technologies, and how it can deliver real-time data from the patient’s room or bedside to the clinician’s smart mobile device. Co-hosted by HIMSS and […]