Eighteen diabetic patients showed up at the recent Atlanta Diabetes Expo wearing Verichip’s VeriMed Patient Identification System in a demonstration designed to prove how the RFID-based system helps health pros. The VeriMed Patient Identification System, based on an implantable RFID microchip in combination with a handheld RFID scanner and a secure patient database, provides immediate […]

San Diego tech company IntelliDOT Corporation announced the future availability of a new handheld with RFID capabilities for use in health-care settings. The new handheld is the latest device intended to improve patient safety (by ensuring correct patient identification) and workflow. The CAREt System handheld will combine barcoding, RFID, 802.11 and Bluetooth capabilities in the […]

Authentidate International, the German subsidiary of New Jersey-based Authentidate Holding Corp., has been tasked with developing an electronic health insurance card in Germany that, at six million cards, is expected to be the largest smart card project in Europe. DUSSELDORF, Germany and BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J.–Authentidate Holding Corp. announced that its German subsidiary, Authentidate International AG, […]

“Smart Bands act as a catalyst, enabling patient information to be stored and transferred to and from RFID readers, information systems, and medical devices.” Hal Halim, International Business Manager for PDC, speaks highly of his company’s Smart Band RFID Wristbands and HP RFID PDA readers – recently implemented (as of Friday) at Taiwan’s Chang-Gung Memorial […]

Delray Beach, Fla., RFID product manufacturer VeriChip’s Ottawa, Canada-based facility was recertified to the ISO 9001:2000 quality standard. The facility is responsible for the design, manufacturing, sales, marketing, and support of VeriChip’s healthcare security and industrial products. The ISO 9001:2000 standard specifies requirements for a quality management system in order for an organization to demonstrate […]

Frank Moss announced plans for the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) PASS Card to use vicinity read RFID technology that is ISO/IEC 18000-6C compliant. The announcement, made at last week’s, preceeds a two-week comment period – and concern from the Smart Card Alliance that PASS cards will be equipped with the same contactless technology used […]

VeriChip Corporation announced today the first sale of a fully integrated, approximately $750,000 RFID system for infant protection, wander prevention, staff duress, and asset protection. The Delray Beach, Fla.-based developer of security solutions will install the locating technologies at the Brampton Civic Hospital in Ontario, Canada, which is scheduled to open next fall. VeriChip makes […]

VeriChip is partnering with Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey on a 24-month clinical trail to prove its FDA-approved implantable VeriMed Patient Identification System saves lives. The physician-insurance collaboration, taking place at Hackensack University Medical Center, pairs VeriChip’s RFID-infused microchips with chronically ill patients so that ER physicians can access those patients’ […]

It’s a teeny, tiny memory chip the size of a grain. Called “Memory Spot,” Hewlett-Packard’s new wireless data chip, announced this week, can be attached to any object, making information more ubiquitous. But it’s got big, big power. And it’s expected to rival RFID in various applications, such as hospital writstbands for patient identification. HP […]

Health pros are getting hi-tech to protect every aspect of their patients’ lives. As such, VeriChip will be touting its RFID-based infant protection solutions at the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses Convention trade show in Baltimore, this weekend and early next week. Among the goodies at the VeriChip booth this year: demonstrations […]