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Smart Cards in U.S. Healthcare: Benefits for Patients, Providers and Payers

Category: Security

Tags: smart card

Overview This paper identifies smart card technology as a critical enabling tool to help resolve some of the issues with which the healthcare community is grappling today. Smart cards can help reduce the inefficiencies prevalent in healthcare, diminish the number and effect of medical errors attributable to a lack of critical medical information, and empower patients to take a more active role in managing and maintaining their medical records.

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Publisher
Smart Card Alliance
File Format
PDF
Date Published
Feb 1, 2007
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White Papers
Topics
Smart Cards, Security Management

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