Although Zebra Technologies had long since established its position as a world-class provider of patient-identification tools, it recently strengthened its already formidable patient-ID solutions by entering a strategic alliance with LifeMed ID, Inc.
This symbiotic alliance integrates LifeMed ID’s unique Cloud-based patient-authentication systems with Zebra’s secure printers to achieve even greater certainty and efficiency to patient-ID protocol.
LifeMed ID’s Patient Identity Management smart-card system:
- Speeds and simplifies patient admissions. Reduced wait times increase patient satisfaction, while greater efficiency reduces costs.
- Prevents record duplications and reduces data-entry errors, increasing patient safety.
- Enhances patient privacy. The LifeMed ID card includes a high-resolution photograph of the patient. No sensitive personal information need be revealed on the card to confirm patient identification.
- Delivers up-to-date patient data and delivers it portably. All current patient data resides in the LifeMed ID Cloud and is accessible to caregivers whenever and wherever necessary.
- Provides fast ROI. Return on investment is realized within months, instead of years.
LifeMed ID smart cards are embedded with a microchip that facilitates secure access to its HIPAA-compliant Cloud-based network. All sensitive patient data stored in and accessed via these smart cards are encrypted by sophisticated algorithms. When patients present their LifeMed ID cards, their identities are confirmed against the photos imprinted on their cards. The cards are then “swiped” – the system also provides the additional options of entry of a PIN or biometric identifier – to confirm their presence at specific departments or stations at a specific times and automating recordation of all data compiled during that stage of care.
Zebra’s comprehensive range of secure card printers compliments LifeMed ID smart-card solutions perfectly, regardless of the volumes presented by your specific applications, and when I describe these as “secure” card printers, I mean by that levels of security demanded of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission where Zebra printers are integral to systems deployed to achieve critical “real-time verification of ID credentials and access authorization” for what are surely among of the most security-sensitive environments imaginable.
Zebra’s ZXP Series-8 retransfer card printers are specifically designed to print on the uneven surfaces of smart cards and to deliver the high-image quality required of LifeMed ID’s patient-photo identification protocol. The quality of photos, images and graphics printed by this method is simply extraordinary, more reminiscent of glossy magazine prints than the typical photo ID, but this level of image fidelity is necessary to ensure consistently-accurate visual identification of patients. The innovative retransfer print process also results in durable card that is highly abrasion resistant.