TrendDigital security companies eye emerging e-health care market
Gemalto joins SAFE-BioPharma Association; company said it will contribute its expertise in smart card-based solutions for authentication, network security, and digital signature — all essential elements of creating electronic health care business environment by 2012
Every plan on how to reform and improve the U.S. health care system includes the incorporation of digital technology: From medical records to e-prescription to remote monitoring of home-bound patients. The transmission of large amount of personal health data over the network poses serious issues. and companies in the security business have noticed.
Gemalto, for example, has just announced that it has joined SAFE-BioPharma Association and become a vendor partner of the association. The company said that it is joining with biopharmaceutical and healthcare industry leaders to help industry achieve its goal of electronic business environment by 2012.
Gemalto said it will contribute its expertise in smart card-based solutions for authentication, network security, and digital signature. SAFE-BioPharma Association creates and manages the SAFE-BioPharma digital identity and signature standard for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
