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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
The Methodist Healthcare System in San Antonio, Texas has implemented an RFID-based asset tracking software in five of its hospitals, according to Health Data Management.
The hospitals will use RadarFind to locate and monitor more than 15,000 pieces of medical equipment, including infusion pumps, compression devices and wheelchairs. The hospitals also have begun [...]

Source: Times of India
LUCKNOW: No ma’am, please put your thumb on the scanner, if you want to take your ward with you. This verification is a must here, says the guard. No sooner than the woman puts her thumb on the scanner, the picture of the student and the woman come [...]

As concerns over identity theft and ATM or other financial transaction fraud continue to rise, some are pushing for biometric authentication technology to be integrated into ATMs and possibly other devices used in financial transactions.
Among the flaws, the NEXT article is quick to point out the ease with which fraudsters can clone cards, or more [...]

Integrating RFID data into video images to provide higher visibility has been made possible with the combination of Dallmeier’s experience in video surveillance shared with initPRO’s knowledge of RFID technology.
Data transmitted via RFID tags, such as date, time or serial number, can be integrated into any video image, using management software, allowing users to not [...]

Stansted Airport has rolled out its new facial recognition security gates, which use document scanning from 3M. Passengers with new biometric e-passports travelling to the UK via Stansted can use the Autogates being trialled in the arrivals area, which can scan their face and check their passport photo in seconds – helping to save [...]

January 26, 2010
Roll-call has now become an automated process at schools in Hong Kong, Japan, India and Singapore, with the use of biometrics and smart cards, according to FutureGov.
The days of manually taking attendance are over, leaving teachers with more time spent teaching. No more calling parents to inform them about kids missing school. These [...]

Biometric ID cards have recently received heat for whether they truly are the best security solution to identity theft. In an article on timesofmalta.com, the biometric ID card is compared to standard credit cards in terms of vulnerability and risk to data breaching.
The biometrics are electronically read and converted to a sequence of ones and [...]

Concerns about security and confidentiality are putting the German health smart card program on hold, according to a report in eHealth Europe. The card was supposed to be issued to 80 million German citizens.
The card was supposed to store a patient’s health data, medical history, prescriptions and insurance status. The program was supposed to be [...]

Levinoff-Colbex instituted a monitoring system to quickly identify and track any animal products from potentially contaminated or diseased animals.
By Elizabeth Wasserman
Jan. 25, 2010—For decades, the Dubé family owned Colbex, a slaughterhouse based in Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, in Québec, Canada. In 1988, the Colas family, owner of Levinoff Meat Product Ltée, headquartered in Montreal>, joined with the Dubés, [...]

India has issued more than 10 million smart cards to families below the poverty line, according to iGovernment.com. The project, started in April 2008, is designed to cover the cost of health care for poor families of five persons up to a cost of $660.
Minister for Labour and Employment Mallikarjun Kharge boasts the project is [...]