Governments and healthcare organizations worldwide are implementing smart health cards. Smart cards can improve the security & privacy of patient information, provide a secure carrier for portable medical records, access to emergency information, and enable compliance with government mandates. Smart health cards reduce healthcare fraud and significantly reduce costs. So why aren’t they used more widely in the US? And why isn’t anyone talking smart cards in the battle over Medicare’s future? My guest, Michael MagGrath, head of the Smart Card Alliance's Healthcare Council has testified about the
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