The country's Bureau of National Health Insurance (BNHI) adopted Sun Microsystems' Java card technology primarily to prevent identity theft, according to a statement from the computing firm. The distribution of the 22 million health cards, started...
But that system lets some counterfeits slip into the drug supply, said John Roberts, director of health care at the Uniform Code Council (UCC). A number of major drug companies are studying how RFID technology, billed as a next-generation bar code...
These include two non-profit groups - The Vista Software Alliance (VA) and Worldvista - that provide specialist software called Vista to hospitals, nursing homes and clinics which care for US military veterans.
The Trusted Extensions will be marketed to government agencies, financial institutions and health care organisations, Ratcliffe noted. The company also plans to end its tradition of offering Solaris in two flavours - one for the masses and another...
The health issues and education issues, government is the biggest player there. The health thing is a lot like that. Ballmer: Bill's capacity to absorb, to connect concepts and to contribute is unparalleled.
Apart from broadband wireless, and the next generation of low-cost computers, Intel also remains bullish about the introduction of more digital capability in health care. Intel, the world's biggest microchip producer, expects no slowdown in global...