Packaging

CPI Card Group Partners with LifeNexus to Produce and Personalize Personal Health Card in North America

Thursday 17. February 2011 - CPI Card Group a global leader in financial and commercial card production and LifeNexus, the developer of the iChip(TM) and Personal Health Card, today announced an agreement to produce, personalize, and fulfill the LifeNexus Personal Health Card. This is the first ever multi-purpose electronic health card utilizing the embedded iChip for securely maintaining an individual's personal health record, with a payment card option on the same card.

CPI will provide personalization of the card, including the magnetic strip and the computer chip modules utilized in the LifeNexus Personal Health Cards. CPI supplies global high level chip card personalization and fulfillment services. “This is a true first in North America for CPI or anyone in the card industry – a healthcare and financial payment product on one card,” said Steve Montross President of CPI Card Group. “Together, CPI and LifeNexus are delivering a product that raises the bar for security, portability and convenience within the healthcare and bank card industries.”
The LifeNexus Personal Health Card was designed to secure and maintain an individual’s Personal Health Record (PHR) on a card in their wallet. The patented iChip(TM), (Individually Controlled Health Information Platform(TM)), utilizes “mobile server” technology embedded on a chip card which is both encrypted and password-protected, providing a highly secure environment to stores comprehensive health information for individuals and their family members. Hugh Meadows, President of the LifeNexus Payment Card Group stated “Individuals and their healthcare providers no longer have to consider that the only option available is to store their sensitive information on some unrelated third party server. Individual control is now as close as your wallet where vital and potentially life-saving information is literally at your finger tips”.
“In addition to having greater control over your personal health records, the Personal Health Card allows individuals extraordinary flexibility with a payment card option, to use the card just as they would their every day payment card,” said Hugh Meadows.