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...
Rob Harder, IT manager at Plymouth Health Care, said in a statement: "One of the major factors we selected was the additional capacity and reduced total cost of ownership. The £300m project includes expanding existing hospitals and sites and...
Health care is still potentially one of the big sleepers. Many have stated that the industry will have to make substantial changes, and perhaps even completely overhaul silicon manufacturing techniques, after the 22-nanometer manufacturing process...
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...
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...