Sweden's Precise Biometrics has revealed that their country's national healthcare system will use its Tactivo biometric mobile smart card reader to authenticate users of Pascal, a prescription tool for dose packaged medicals used by nurses, doctors and midwives.The Tactivo biometric device case will secure access to the prescription tool when accesed from iPhones or iPads using a SITHS-card login, an identification card for Swedish care professionals.”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 company added that the mobile solution will make reduce workload and improve 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.

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