Secure Health ID for Payers, Patients, and Providers

HealthSMART strategy plans to release e-health smart card

Thursday, June 10, 2010

An e-health smart card is in the works and scheduled to be implemented in Australia by Victoria’s Department of Health. The card, HealthSMART, is meant to monitor and secure access to Victorian public health sector applications with two factor authentication technology.

The system will consist of a smart card management system including card printers, contact smart card readers, middleware for network authentication, and an application for performing certificate and PIN management.


The cards themselves are being released in three phases, according to a NetworkWorld report. They expect issue 5000 cards in year one, 30,000 in year two and 50,000 in year three for a total of 85,000 cards.

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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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Third draft expected Friday

What was the National Strategy for Secure Online Transactions has become the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace. While the focus of the group hasn’t changed the name change is supposed to narrow the scope of the organization to make its focus more clear, according to DC insiders.

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In an effort to promote and strengthen security solutions among law enforcement agencies in California, Entrust hosted an event in Los Angeles that detailed more specific security strategies these institutions could be implementing. Outlined topics included strong authentication and smart card credentialing.

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SmartMetric, a developer of portable biometric solutions, has announced that its biometric activated data card can now be used to contain full medical history and health records on the individual. The card, called the SmartMetric Data Card, is a standard sized card that has the capability of holding multiple pages of data as well as being inaccessible without the holder first scanning his fingerprint on the card itself.

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The August meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a list of audio and accompanying PowerPoint slides (in pdf format).

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IdentiSys Inc. announced the acquisition of Card Solutions Corporation, located in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Founded in 1999, Card Solutions provides ID management, card issuance, and security solutions to the health care, education, casino, corporate, financial, emergency management, and government markets in South Florida.  

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