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Ghana’s National Health Insurance Authority set to verify claims with biometrics

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The National Health Insurance Authority in Ghana is set to begin verifying claims from service providers through a new biometric system. Reported in My Joy Online, the system will capture the biometric data of NHIA cardholders and will generate a claim code when cardholders visit health facilities for insurance subscribers. According to the report, this decision to introduce biometrics comes as an attempt to reduce fraudulent claims filed by service providers. Under the new process, health facilities that don’t process claims

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Fake ID cards discovered in Jakarta

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The Deputy Governor of Jakarta in Indonesia has indicated that the government will start to crack down on those who make fake ID cards, as many counterfeits have surfaced as of late. “We have received numerous reports about people using fake ID cards to get KJS facility,” Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki T Purnama said in a report in Berita Jakarta. “We will criminally charge the makers as well as theusers of fake ID cards. We will investigate to find who

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M2SYS hires Bill Dumont as Executive VP of Global Sales

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M2SYS Technologies has just announced that it has hired Bill Dumont, as Executive Vice President of Global Sales. Dumont is the former Senior VP of Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Cross Match and has extensive hands-on experience developing large-scale government and commercial biometric identity management projects in both industrialized and emerging markets across the globe. “Bill provides proven knowledge and experience in cultivating international relationships and in driving the adoption of global biometric identity management ventures,” Mizan Rahman, Founder and

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Arkami announces Middle East myIDkey launch

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Arkami recently announced the Middle East launch of its myIDkey USB biometric password managing device. Following an incredibly successful launch on Kickstarter, Arkami has built up a lot of momentum.  With an initial funding goal of $150,000, the company has already raised over $353,800 and is now on track to reach its revised target of $400,000 by the end of the campaign this week. Reported previously in BiometricUpdate.com, the device features a small swipe sensor and a tough-sensitive surface so

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Medbox acquires 50% partnership stake in MedVend

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Medbox has announced that it will acquire a 50% partnership stake in MedVend, LLC, a Michigan based bio-tech company that has developed a patented automated medicine dispensing machine used for traditional prescription pharmaceutical dispensing. This deal has involved cash and a restricted stock component, totaling up to US$ 5,150,000. This amount includes a $300,000 capital infusion and additional loans if needed for operating expenses into a jointly controlled new corporation that will operate the business on a going forward basis. Besides infusion capital and

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Doctor caught red-fingered, buddy-punching absent co-workers in Brazilian hospital

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A Brazilian doctor has been charged with fraud, after being caught using silicone fingers to clock absent co-workers in, spoofing the biometric workforce management solution installed at a hospital outside of Sao Paulo. Making headlines around the world this morning, the doctor, 29-year-old Thaune Nunes Ferreira has been arrested, and according to a report in Folha De S.Paulo, Ferreira told police she had been using the silicon fingers as she had been coerced by her employer to do so, as

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Super-thin wearable sensor monitors health, transmits data

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Researchers at the University of Illinois have created a way to print micro devices directly to the skin that can be used to track health and monitor healing, as well as other measurements. According to the MIT Technology Review, “epidermal electronics” such as the ones developed John Rogers, a material scientist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, essentially consists of ultra-thin electrodes, electronics, sensors as well as wireless communication systems. Early prototypes had used a polymer to attach the

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Biometric registry for Ayurvedic, Unani doctors in India

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Indian Chief minister Jagadish Shettar has recently announced an online biometric registry system for all Ayurvedic and Unani doctors, in an attempt to curb unlicensed medical practice. Reported in the Deccan Herald, this registration system is a Karnataka Ayurveda and Unani Practitioners (KAUP) Board objective. “This initiative should be extended to other forms of medicine also, which will keep the quacks at bay,” Shettar said. According to the report, the online database, which will also have a web portal, will

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Santech joins Qualcomm Life’s 2net platform and hub ecosystem

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Santech has announced that it has integrated its mobile messaging platform, San Text, to Qualcomm Life’s 2net platform and Hub, designed with attention to HIPAA privacy and security requirements, and also leveraging the cloud-based platform for biometric sensor data operated by Qualcomm Life. Qualcomm Life is a subsidiary of Qualcomm Inc and its 2net platform offers a set of wireless health solutions that captures and delivers medical device data to integrated portals or databases. Santech combines mobile messaging and behavioral science to

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Frost & Sullivan analysis notes government as the biggest spender on biometrics in SEA and ANZ markets

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A new market report from Frost & Sullivan, Analysis of the Southeast Asia and Australia-New Zealand Biometrics Market has found that biometrics market revenue is expected to reach around US $600 million in 2016. The report notes that the governments of Southeast Asia (SAE) and Australia-New Zealand (ANZ) are investing heavily in security projects and infrastructure, such as border control systems and national ID program, which bodes well for the market in the two regions. Further, the Civil Aviation Organization

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