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ScriptRx and Digital Persona partner for health care solution

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

DigitalPersona, a developer of fingerprint-based biometric technology solutions has partnered up with ScriptRx, a developer of various health care technology solutions, to integrate DigitalPersona’s U.are.U fingerprint readers into ScriptRx’s Electronic Medical Record and Discharge System for Emergency Rooms and Urgent Care Centers.

The final solution is a kiosk that eases and biometrically secures regular tasks physicians have to complete regularly such as charting medical records, accurate issuance of discharge instructions, prescription writing and accessing archived medical records as well as allowing for one-touch access to various applications medical personnel need to use.


The solution offers each hospital’s IT staff the choice between utilizing a number of accepted hardware platforms to host the system as well as one developed for ScriptRx’s system. Additionally, any health care institution can setup multiple kiosks that are capable of accessing the same information despite the kiosk’s location. Officials from both ScriptRx and DigitalPersona are elated with the outcome of their partnership that offers health care professionals a solution that is simple and fast as well as being amply secured. [end] 

Merchant360, Health Portal Solutions, and CliniCard have teamed up to create a patient identification and payments system using NFC technology.

Dubbed PatientID+, the solution enables health care providers to quickly perform identity verification, eligibility screening, and payment at intake by simply swiping the patient’s information from their PatientID+ NFC card or NFC-enabled phone. The patient enters a PIN to access and transmit the information to the provider, who then authenticates to access the information.

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The NFC Forum has announced that it will host a Solutions Showcase following its Members Meeting in Frankfurt, Germany on Feb. 8.

This inaugural event will see six NFC Forum member companies demonstrating their NFC-enabled products and services. Presentations will include:

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Continua Health Alliance, an industry organization of health care and technology companies, is teaming up with the NFC Forum to expand NFC connectivity technology in the health IT industry.

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Envoy Data Corporation announced a partnership with biometrics developer Zvetco Biometrics that will see Envoy offering Zvetco’s fingerprint scanners to its clients.

The biometric readers now carried by Envoy have been designed with both convenience and performance in mind for use in the enterprise, financial, health care, gaming and retail industries. The new partnership means an expanded product list and more options for Envoy’s clients and an expanded customer-base for Zvetco.  

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To commemorate the smart card industry’s achievements throughout 2011, the Smart Card Alliance has decided to release its first-ever E-Yearbook.

The nearly 70-page e-book discusses the year’s leadership and advancement in the smart card industry and highlights industry achievements.

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Mobile payment solution provider I Love Velvet announced that it has reached the second level of EMV certification (EMV2) which authorizes PIN and integrated chip payments from debit, credit and smart cards around the world.

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