SMART Association Inc. announced that Wyckoff Heights Medical Center of Brooklyn, New York, will implement a health care smart card program. The program, slated to issue more than 110,000 smart cards to Wyckoff’s patients and will start deployment in the first quarter of 2010. Over the next two years, patients will be issued a Wyckoff […]

As health care providers move to electronic records, correct patient identification becomes a priority By Zack Martin, Editor, Avisian Publications President Barack Obama wants every citizen to have electronic medical records. One of the challenges in health care though is making sure the correct record is linked to the right patient and that the information […]

If an electronic medical record program is established for the U.S. health care system, policymakers need to define an identity management infrastructure that guarantees the security of those records, suggests two Smart Card Alliance councils in a new white paper. The Health care and Identity Councils suggest using existing federal standards for smart cards to […]

VeriChip Corporation announced that it has selected Raytheon Microelectronics España/ECLAN for the production of the company’s implantable microchips, including the chip used in its HealthLink patient identification system, its new eight millimeter microchip for use in Medical Components Inc.’s vascular access medical devices, and its glucose-sensing RFID microchip under development with RECEPTORS LLC. In December […]

M2SYS Technology, a developer of biometric systems, has announced an agreement that sees them providing a fingerprint identification system to the Bwindi Community Hospital, a health care provider to some of the poorest areas of the world. The M2SYS provided system is to be utilized to identify patients in an effort to reduce chances of […]

The Smart Card Alliance scheduled a webinar focusing on identity management in health care. The session is scheduled for Sept. 22 at 1 pm ET. Presenters will discuss the challenges with identity management in health care and why it’s important to establish a secure health care information management infrastructure both within health care organizations and […]

By Pamela D. Mitroff, Director of Public Relations and Communications, Secure Services Corp. Smart cards, available since the 1970s, contain a computer chip embedded on the card, making them a mini-computer. Because of this computing power, they are considered the “gold standard” for secure data exchange. Smart cards can be programmed with a multitude of […]

Medical identity theft is a problem and many individuals may not even know they’re victims, according to a New York Times report. Fraudsters can steal a Social Security numbers or take medical insurance information and impersonate the policy holder. This is possible because most medical office don’t ask for identification beyond insurance information. Consumers don’t […]

By Salvatore D’Agostino, IDmachines Interoperability among health care providers, payers and patients provides a great use case for high assurance interoperable credentials. Health care is a perfect use case for an identity credential and is a great opportunity to use the new PIV-I specification. Any investment in health care IT has to realize this. Health […]

HT Systems, a vendor for biometric software and systems integration, has announced the promotion of David Weiner, previously vice president of sales, to the role of president at the company. Prior to Weiner’s promotion, HT had not had a president. Other moved with in the organization announced were the appointment of Carl Bertrams, who is […]