Digital ID technology, already on the upswing during the pandemic, has gained an even higher profile in recent weeks as governments try to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and reopen their societies using new tech such as digital ID immunity passports. One recent example comes from WISeKey International Holding Ltd. In July, the Switzerland-based cybersecurity […]

By Mollie Shields Uehling, President and CEO, SAFE-BioPharma Association Over the past few years almost 180 million Americans have had their healthcare records stolen. Our ubiquitous reliance on user names and passwords is the leading cause of these massive cyber thefts. Another term for it is weak identity trust. The same can be said of […]

The technology partnership from two companies relies on patient photos to avoid mistakes and duplicate medical records. Data is stored on HIPPA-compliant servers, and involves a smartphone and tablet app that can further the scope and scale of the solution.

The Smart Card Alliance recommends that health care provider use the EMV infrastructure for identity authentication to stop fraud. The alliance released a white paper detailing how converging EMV and health care identity could reduce costs and complexity for providers while reducing fraud.

Bills submitted in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate proposes a smart card pilot program for Medicaid recipients. If passed through Congress and signed into law the bill would require the Department of Health and Human Services to initiate a smart card pilot for Medicaid recipients.

Entrust Datacard unveiled the new Datacard TruCredential Suite Software; NEC India Pvt. Ltd., NEC Corp. and Innovative Telecom & Softwares Pvt. Ltd., announced the deployment of NEC’s face recognition technology for Surat City Police; Côte d’Ivoire has selected Zetes for registration and the production of cards for 4 million health card cards; FIME and Thales have announced the launch of a joint offering for the host-card emulation (HCE) mobile services market.

Making the jump to online identity vetting and benefits applications makes sense for many reasons, not the least of which is convenience, but there are concerns that must to be addressed to ensure these systems are secure as well as easy to use. Vetting an identity online can be a tricky business, but thankfully, there are entities working to ensure that a citizen applying for Medicaid, child welfare or similar service is who they claim to be.

The province of British Columbia is issuing its BC Care Card to provide secure online access to a host of government services, health care systems and more. The contactless card also serves as the driver license. The system is taking an innovative approach to authentication using an EMV app on the card — not for payment but rather for secure access to services.

VaxTrac and Lumidigm have partnered to create a system that uses fingerprint biometrics to track vaccinations at 31 new clinics in southern Benin in Africa. The latest version of the VaxTrac system uses fingerprints of both mother and child for identification. The use of fingerprints for vaccine tracking has already become very popular. In a […]

Can smart cards save the Medicare system $30 billion per year? Although there has been some success in combating Medicare fraud, we still do not have an answer to this question because implementation of a smart card program has yet to come to fruition.