Dubai-based Simage Technologies has announced the release of its new Secure Contactless Token, a multi-purpose biometric device for secure ID, payments and secure authentication. With the new device, users can securely access their bank accounts online, pay for public transportation or goods at supporting retail locations, access e-government services with secure ID verification and store […]

GENTAG has reported the successful testing of the new NXP cell phone RFID reader chip in combination with its proprietary disposable RFID sensor platform, opening global consumer markets for disposable, wireless sensors using NFC-enabled cell phones. “Integration of the new NXP chip with the major handset makers’ cell phones will allow consumers to use their […]

Summit Health, Pa. has implemented the SyncSeer asset tracking and temperature monitoring solution from Versatile Systems, Inc. at its Waynesboro and Chambersburg hospitals. The SyncSeer incorporates both wired and wireless temperature probes and tags to automate previously manual processes. Summit Health will use the system to meet regulatory compliance while allowing staff additional time to […]

NEC Corporation announced that its Brazil headquarters has completed the initial phase of an RFID-enabled tracking and monitoring system at the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Brazil. Having begun in mid-2009, NEC installed temperature control systems for refrigerators, as well as an asset location tracking system for a pilot set of 500 pieces of medical equipment. […]

To automatically track and manage over 6,000 hospital assets throughout their 756 beds and 1.9 million square foot facility, the University of Mississippi Medical Center has selected the real-time location solution from Skytron. Skytron asset tags, powered by Awarepoint, broadcast low power radio messages that enable the medical center to quickly locate specific assets and […]

Ekahau announced that the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, in Eastern Ontario, Canada, is utilizing its real-time locating system to improve patient and staff safety. The Ekahau solution includes Ekahau T301BD pager tags, which are worn by hospital staff to pinpoint location and enable faster response times when in need of immediate assistance. The T301BD […]

The Apollo Hospital Chennai will provide each patient with an Ekahau T301B badge tag that will track their movement within the 30,000 square foot hospital, as well as their current location and time spent there. Ekahau Inc. teamed with India’s systems integrator ICEGEIN to deploy the Ekahau real time locating system at Apollo Hospital Chennai, […]

India’s largest life insurance company, Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), will become an official registrar for the country’s biometric ID program under an agreement with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the government entity running India’s new biometric ID program. LIC will become a registrar and will allow the UIDAI to access the company’s database […]

An e-health smart card is in the works and scheduled to be implemented in Australia by Victoria’s Department of Health. The card, HealthSMART, is meant to monitor and secure access to Victorian public health sector applications with two factor authentication technology. The system will consist of a smart card management system including card printers, contact […]

Patient Care Technology Systems announced that Cook Children’s Medical Center has selected the company’s Amelior Tracker system to automatically track medical equipment throughout their Ft. Worth, Texas facility. Amelior Tracker will integrate with the CenTrak Gen2IR active RFID tag to enable the 282-bed pediatric care facility to track mobile medical equipment and increase equipment utilization, […]