Siemens, Mount Sinai launch smart card drive

Siemens and Mount Sinai Medical Center said they will collaborate on the Patient Health Smart Card initiative in the New York area. The project builds on a successful pilot at Elmhurst Hospital. In the initiative's first phase of 100,000 patient smart cards will be distributed to area hospitals. The cards, which are issued with a patient's photo on their front, can store medical information, including allergy history, current medications and laboratory results.

- read this press release from Siemens

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