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DigitalPersona seeing success in hospitals

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

DigitalPersona, a developer of biometric solutions, has announced that its customer Picis, developer of health care information systems solutions, has reported success with its Picis ED PulseCheck Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) that uses DigitalPersona’s U.are.U fingerprint readers. The PulseCheck EDIS system is a solution that enables emergency room personnel to quickly access patient records without having to remember a password or ID card for authentication.

Since adding DigitalPersona’s U.are.U technology to their solution, Picis has reported implementing their system in more than 150 North American hospitals. [end] 

DigitalPersona announced the release of a new version of its Pro Enterprise software solution, version 5.2.

Among the aspects of the new version DigitalPersona is touting are the extensive number of factors a company utilizing the solution can use to authenticate for access to sensitive information or secured computer stations. These factors include what a user knows, such as PINs or passwords, things you have, such as smart cards, contactless identity cards or Bluetooth devices, and things you are, such as fingerprints.

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Intelligent InSites has incorporated Pentaho Corporation’s business analytics into its platform in an effort to automate real-time location systems (RTLS) data analysis and provide enhanced business intelligence tools for health care providers.

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DigitalPersona has announced it will demonstrate its fingerprint solutions designed specifically for Civil ID program applications at the Biometrics Consortium Conference in Tampa, Fla. September 27 through 29.

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DigitalPersona announced the release of its new fingerprint feature extraction technology called FingerJetFX. Unlike most releases from the company, however, the FingerJetFX solution has been release with an Open Source Edition in addition to its commercially available edition.

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DigitalPersona has announced the launch a solution designed for use in battery-powered mobile biometric identification devices. The new solution, part of DigitalPersona’s U.are.U line called U.are.U 5100 series of fingerprint modules and sensors.

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DigitalPersona has announced that its U.are.U 4500 line of fingerprint readers were successfully integrated into and used in 180,000 voting machines provided by manufacturer Diebold for use in the 2010 Brazilian national elections.

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