Smart cards to launch in the fall
The Province
“The B.C. government is moving forward with plans for high-tech identity cards that will one day let people access a host of provincial services on the Internet.
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Elektronische Gesundheitskarte: Basis-Rollout ist „technisch abgeschlossen“
e-Health-com News
“Der Basis-Rollout ist aus technischer Sicht abgeschlossen. Das erklärten die Vertreter der Spitzenverbände im Gesundheitswesen jetzt auf der 37. Gesellschafterversammlung der gematik in Berlin. Der größte Teil der Arzt- und Zahnarztpraxen und Krankenhäuser verfüge über Kartenterminals zum Einlesen der neuen Karte.
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Specialty hospital to use secure PHR card that doubles as a payment card
Frank Irving, EHRWatch
“Northwest Specialty Hospital, a 34-bed, physician-owned hospital located in Post Falls, Idaho, announced on Nov. 1 that it would begin using portable health record technology from LifeNexus, Inc., developer of the Personal Health Card. The card will expedite the hospital’s admissions process and securely exchange private healthcare information with medical staff members.
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B.C. overhauling privacy laws
Rob Shaw, TimesColonist
“The B.C. government unveiled a sweeping rewrite of the province’s privacy laws that sets the stage for what it says are cutting-edge government Internet services but what critics call an erosion of personal privacy.
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eGesundheitskarte: Sie kommt. Wirklich!
e-Health-com News
“Was lange gärt, wird endlich gut? Zumindest werden den Worten diesmal zeitnah Taten folgen, wenn es wieder heißt „die elektronische Gesundheitskarte kommt“. Denn dieses Mal kommt sie wirklich.
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Digital Identity for Medicare Beneficiaries
John Moehrke, Healthcare Security/Privacy
“Last week a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers introduced legislation that would bring digital identities to Medicare patients. This is fantastic news, and a logical extension of the VA and DoD use of their Common Access Card (CAC). This will bring another very large chunk of the population supporting one standard for Digital Identity.
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New proposal for patient and physician national smart card
Reda Chouffani, Meaningful Health Care Informatics Blog
“This week senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Representatives Jim Gerlach (R-Pa.) and Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) introduced a bill that would require the issuance to all Medicare members smart card. In the bill become law physician practices and practitioners would be required to have a membership card.
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All systems go for German eHealth
Security Document World
“Germany is set to begin distributing its new eHealth cards country-wide from 1 October 2011.
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Japan’s RFID-enabled PHR device
Brian Dolan, mobihealthnews
“Japananese company Asahi Kasei has developed a portable device that gives users access to their health records from a computer or smartphone by connecting to these devices through short range, contactless RFID, according to a report in TechCrunch.
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Medical Smart Cards find their Niche
Kenrick Vezina, Technology Review
“Most countries, including the U.S., lack integrated online patient-record systems. Patients visiting new doctors need to fill out paper medical-history forms. What’s more, over time, records can become spotty, incomplete, and difficult to access. This leads to both inefficiencies in the medical-record system, which cost money, and medical mistakes, which can cost lives.
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Health minister highlights Taiwan’s e-health services
Pia Rufino, Asia Pacific Futuregov
“Taiwan is using an innovative health IT to create outstanding e-health services and deliver quality medical care, Department of Health Minister Chiu Wen-ta has said.
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Elektronische Gesundheitskarte: ehealth-BCS-Kartenterminals nachbessern
e-Health-com News
“Tests haben eine Schwachstelle in den Kartenterminals des laufenden Basis-Rollouts entdeckt. Sie ist umgehend zu beheben, fordern KBV und KZBV. Patientendaten sind nicht betroffen.
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Kela Medical Launches the First Interoperable Personal Health Card (pHR)
PR-USA.net
“Today, Kela Medical Inc., (”Kela”) launched the pHR card, a revolutionary technology developed to provide individuals and their healthcare providers with better access to individuals’ healthcare records while at the same time providing them with the protective security they want and deserve.
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Mega-Flop im Massentest
Susanne Wächter, Spiegel Online
“Die Regierung hatte sich alles so schön ausgedacht. Eine kleine Karte, die ins Portemonnaie der Patienten passt, sollte die unzähligen großen Probleme des Gesundheitswesens lösen. Weniger Missbrauch, keine Doppeluntersuchungen mehr, im Notfall der Zugriff auf die relevanten Daten des Versicherten. Und vor allem: Einsparungen durch mehr Transparenz.
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New All-in-One Medical Computer Makes Life Easier for Hospitals
Deborah Hirsch, TMCnet
“A new all-in-one medical computer will make it easier for busy hospitals and medical centers to care for patients. Called the CyberMed, this Web-server -based system provides medical equipment connectivity for telemedicine and collaboration between clinicians at different health centers.
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Development of a personal electronic health record card in the United Kingdom
Rybynok VO et al, Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc, 2010
In most emergency situations, health professionals rely on patients to provide information about their medical history. However, in some cases patients might not be able to communicate this information, and in most countries, including the UK an on-line integrated patient record system has not been adopted. Therefore, in order to address this issue the ongoing project MyCare Card (MyC(2), www.myc2.org) has been established. The aim of this project is to design, implement and evaluate a prototype patient held electronic health record card.
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elektronische Gesundheitskarte: Sachsen ist für die Einführung gerüstet
E-Health-Com News
“Die gesetzlichen Krankenkassen, die Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Sachsen (KVS) und die Kassenzahnärztliche Vereinigung Sachsen (KZVS) haben im Rahmen der Einführung der elektronischen Gesundheitskarte (eGK) eine unterschriftsreife Rahmenvereinbarung zur Finanzierung der Praxisausstattung mit Kartenlesegeräten vorgelegt. Darin werden detaillierte Fristen und Verantwortlichkeiten festgeschrieben.
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Der eHealth Kiosk für die Gesundheitskarte
Dietmar Krause, Weblog Medizin IT und Telemedizin
“Im Zusammenhang mit der Ausgabe der elektronischen Gesundheitskarte für zunächst 10% der Versicherten ab Ende des Jahres wurden auf der diesjährigen Telehealth (Cbit 2011) die ersten eKioske vorgestellt. Diese Geräte ermöglichen den freien Zugang der Versicherten auf die Daten der eGK, werden in Zukunft teils aber auch zur Erfassung der Fotos in den Geschäftsstellen einiger Krankenkassen eingesetzt.
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Evolving Uses for Smart Cards
Howard Anderson, HealthcareInfoSecurity.com
“Russ Jones of Albert Einstein Healthcare Network describes why the delivery system shifted from magnetic stripe cards to smart cards for a variety of applications.
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Smartcard sharing ’should be offence’
Fiona Barr, e-Health Insider Primary Care
“The National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care has recommended that smartcard sharing should be banned and misuse made a disciplinary offence.
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