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ImageWare, Vista LifeSciences partner on biometrics for health care

Monday, February 1, 2010

ImageWare Systems Inc. and Vista LifeSciences announced the formation of a partnership to offer clients secure biometric identification for electronic medical records.

Vista LifeSciences’ products are used by the U.S. Department of Defense. Vista LifeSciences is the provider of automated neurocognitive assessment technology to the United States Department of Defense that has been used to create more than 400,000 neurocognitive assessments.


The partnership will initially focus on integrating ImageWare’s biometric solution into Vista LifeSciences’ STAT Medical Jacket, the electronic medical record used to hold all of a patient’s medical history in a Web-based or mobile environment. The integration of ImageWare’s biometric solution should provide added security for authorized medical professionals accessing patient records and ensure that patient medical records correspond to the correct patient.

The addition of biometrics aims to increase the efficiency and security of electronic medical records in a hospital, clinical and emergency environments and bring professional medical record management to medical triage environments. [end] 

SimplexGrinnell and GuardRFID have executed a distribution agreement that formally provides SimplexGrinnell access to GuardRFID’s products and solutions.

This new relationship will allow SimplexGrinnell to expand offerings to its health care customers. It will enable them to offer features such as GuardRFID’s TotGaurd system, and the wander prevention and asset locating systems to more healthcare facilities.

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Zebra announced Integrated Business Systems and Services as the newest member of its channel partner program. This newly formed relationship enables IBSS to certify and incorporate Zebra hardware into its software solutions.

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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.

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GuardRFID, provider of RFID-based technologies for real time tracking in the health care industry, announced that it has joined the DASH7 Alliance, a coalition of organizations promoting the advanced development of the ISO 18000-7 (DASH7) standard for wireless sensor networks.

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Due to recent pushes for electronic health records, patient privacy concerns and fraud reductions in health care, biometrics are becoming increasingly important in the industry, according to a Healthcare Technology Online article.

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Registration is now open for two RFID Health Care conferences, which is focused on helping health-care providers understand how technology can help improve hospital efficiencies and cut costs.

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