ContactlessNews | Colorado hospital uses prox cards, single sign-on, and sonar to secure patient records and meet HIPAA

Colorado hospital uses prox cards, single sign-on, and sonar to secure patient records and meet HIPAA

Thursday, April 28, 2005

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor

Using single sign-on, roaming access, and a sonar sensor device, the University of Colorado Hospital can meet not only HIPAA privacy requirements, but give its nurses and doctors faster access and more flexibility in dealing with their patients’ records and actual treatment.

This is thanks to a system set up by HealthCast, based in Boise, Idaho, utilizing proximity readers and sonar technology from RF IDeas, located near Chicago, Illinois. The Colorado medical facility is using 21st century technology that also works with its legacy systems without requiring changes to them, said HealthCast’s Trip O’Donnell, vice president of business development.

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