Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News

Sonitor on Panel at Upcoming RFID Health Conference

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Sonitor Technologies, Inc. today announced that it will present at the RFID Journal’s RFID Health Care Conference in Las Vegas, January 23-25.

Sonitor management will participate in an expert panel discussion, debating the competing technologies in the RFID technology space and its applications in the health care system.

Don Zeppenfeld, Vice President of Sales and Business Development for Sonitor, will highlight the benefits of ultrasound technology, and the ability for Sonitor’s proprietary system to deliver 100% room-level accuracy in tracking equipment and patients in hospitals. [end] 

iMPak Health has announced the launch of RhythmTrak, an NFC-enabled mobile application that enables users to track their cardiovascular health at home.

RhythmTrak is a handheld, credit card sized electrocardiogram (ECG) device that both documents heart rates and heart rate variability and calculates intervals and single lead waveforms. Data collected on the device is transmitted wirelessly using a NFC reader or an NFC enabled smart phone or tablet, enabling the user to simply forward the information to their physician.

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Alabama hospitals and medical centers are taking the initiative to improve health quality compliance in a statewide deployment of Proventix’s RFID-enabled hand hygiene monitoring technology.

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Identive Group will be showcasing its near field communication solutions for students and campuses during the National Association of Campus Card Users Annual Conference in Seattle, Wash.

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Gemalto announced the launch of ProtivaMedSecure, a solution package that addresses one of challenges facing health care providers: a secure digital identity.

Gemalto’s Protiva MedSecure provides a portfolio of authentication software, digital credentials, secure devices, servers and associated services. The Gemalto solution provides a single credential for secure visual identity, as well as physical and logical access to medical facilities and electronic medical records.

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Resolute Health, based in New Braunfels, Texas, has launched a health security smart card to facilitate patient registration.

Resolute contracted with LifeMed ID to implement the SecureReg Patient Identity Management System. With the Resolute Health BeneFIT smart card, a patient can check into either the Resolute Health Center for Wellbeing or the Resolute Health Family Urgent Care Center and be accurately identified.

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The Smart Card Alliance has revealed the full three-day agenda for its NFC Solutions Summit 2012 to be held in Burlingame, Calif. from May 22-24.

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