Breakthrough for secure mobile services in Swedish healthcare
Precise Biometrics smart card reader Tactivo™ has been approved for usage with Swedish national healthcare system Pascal, a prescription tool for dose packaged medicals used by nurses, doctors and midwives.
The solution with Tactivo provides swift and secure access to the prescription tool Pascal from iPhone or iPad using SITHS-card login, an identification card for Swedish care professionals. Pascal has over 50 000 users within the municipalities and private careproviders for prescription of medicals distributed in dosage bags.
”The approval of Tactivo for mobile access to Pascal is a breakthrough for secure mobile services within Swedish healthcare and we are certain that more care systems will follow this development. There are many situations where mobile access to patient information can improve quality for both staff and patients, and at the same time protect confidentiality through two-factor authentication”, says Håkan Persson, CEO Precise Biometrics.
The mobile solution with Tactivo makes it possible for care providers to reduce staff workload and implemement a more efficient way of working that provides staff with access to accurate and secure information, independent of location.
"We have been waiting a long time to use Pascal on mobile devices in a secure fashion. Thanks to Tactivo it is now possible for our staff to be more effective in their work with the patients. We can increase our presence with the patients not having to return to the office to update patient files on medication. This solution also increases patient security as we always have access to accurate information”, says Lise-Lotte Carlsson, system administrator, Kungsbacka municipality.
Beside iPhone, iPad and Tactivo, the solution consists of the access service Mobilt SITHS from Svensk e-identitet and the log-on application NetID from SecMaker. As part of the approval process, Nordic Medtest has evaluated that the solution follows security requirements for usage of patient data on mobile devices.
Pascal is owned and administered by Inera, the Swedish county and regional e-health company. The system is scheduled to be deployed on April 24, when it will become accessible for all Pascal users. For more information about Pascal mobile access, please visit; http://precisebiometrics.com/smart-card-reader/healthcare-solutions/
About Tactivo
Tactivo is a product portfolio of form-fitted smart card readers that provides convenient and secure access to restricted resources from mobile devices. Tactivo reduces workload for caregivers, increasing productivity, ensuring a more efficient way of working and allow staff to spend more time with patients. Tactivo is also available for Android.
This press release contains information that Precise Biometrics is required to disclose pursuant to the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act (1991:980). The information was submitted for publication at 08.00 am on April 21st, 2015.
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Håkan Persson, CEO, Precise Biometrics AB
Tel. 46 46 31 11 05 or 46 734 35 11 05
E-mail hakan.persson@precisebiometrics.com
ABOUT PRECISE BIOMETRICS
Precise Biometrics is a market leading supplier of solutions for fingerprint recognition that guarantee the identity of people. With the highest level of competence in fingerprint biometrics, Precise Biometrics offers fast, precise and secure verification of a person's identity.
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