Credentials have the potential to solve some of industry’s bigger problems Imagine trying to find a patient record for Juan Gonzalez at a hospital in the middle of New York City and having nothing other than the name to go by. It’s not easy. This was just one of the challenges faced by Mount Sinai […]

XIRING, a European provider of security systems for remote transactions, and SCM Microsystems announced their collaboration to develop mobile eHealth smart card terminals for the new generation German health care system. Starting in late 2008, new electronic health insurance cards will be distributed to 82 million German citizens, creating a market for compatible mobile eHealth […]

In an effort to secure patient files while allowing for quick, easy and reliable accessing of those files, many hospitals and other health care institutions are turning towards vascular biometric devices such as ones developed by Fujitsu Computer Products, to identify patients, according to a TampaBay.com article. In addition to saving time and cutting out […]

Hypercom Corp. announced that its medCompact healthcare terminal has received e-Health Basic Command Set approval from Gematik, the German health care organization. Starting next month, the device will be available in volumes as part of the introduction of the country’s new health card. Germany’s e-Health card program has a planned deployment of more than 80 […]

Giesecke & Devrient has won a contract from the German health insurer Kaufmännische Krankenkasse (KKH) and 28 corporate health insurance funds to manufacture and supply around 10 million electronic health care cards. The contract includes optical and electronic personalization of the smart cards with data relating to the insured persons and their insurers. G&D will […]

Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York is issuing smart cards to correctly identify patients and make sure they have the correct medical record, according to a New York Sun article. The cards have a picture of the patient and can hold 33-pages of medical data. So far 2,000 patients have cards and the hospital […]

Zebra Technologies has introduced a cartridge-based patient ID solution to make wristband printing easier and more cost-effective for health care organizations. “Missing or illegible wristbands are a major contributing factor to many adverse events,” says Cristina De Martini, global practice leader for health care at Zebra Technologies. “By utilizing bar-coded wristbands, hospitals can ensure that […]

Cardinal Health, a global provider of products and services that improve the safety and productivity of health care, today announced an agreement with ClearCount Medical Solutions to distribute the first system cleared by the Food and Drug Administration that integrates both counting and detection for sponge management during surgeries. “Technologically advanced hospitals have been seeking […]

Gemalto is providing smart cards to Slovenia for the country’s electronic health project. This new health card is the first in Europe to feature a Java public key infrastructure that will secure the online health system via a digital signature for health professionals. Cetis, a Slovenian secure document printer, will operate the personalization of the […]

RFID healthcare provider VeriChip Corporation announced today that Xmark’s infant protection systems, led by systems sold under the HUGS brand, protected more than one million infants born in hospitals in 2007. Xmark is a wholly owned subsidiary of VeriChip. “Now more than ever, hospitals value the security our infant protection systems bring to their labor […]