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Healthcare Biometrics

Biometrics are used in doctors’ offices, hospitals, and other healthcare setting for ensuring accurate patient identification, or for monitoring patients. Applications can include access control or patient record storage. Patient monitoring outside of traditional healthcare settings can also employ biometrics, and biometrics are also being implemented for developing applications like electronic prescriptions and remote diagnosis.

 

DPI transforms healthcare delivery, payroll management in Nigeria’s Niger State

The introduction of a health card linked to the national digital ID is helping to streamline the management of patient…

 

Digital ID eases patient information management in Northern Ireland

Digital identity is increasing proving inevitable for service delivery in several sectors and it’s no less so for healthcare delivery….

 

Simprints co-founder nets prestigious Impact Prize

A senior member of Simprints has been recognized with a prestigious prize. Alexandra Grigore, Simprints’ chief strategy officer, is the…

 

Dubai ambulances rolling out FRT to ID unconscious patients

By the middle of this year, a mobile application with a facial recognition feature which can identify patients in emergency…

 

Digital transformation of healthcare gathers pace globally

The UAE and Estonia could see cooperation in the digital transformation of healthcare. Riina Sikkut, Estonia’s minister of health, said…

 

Biometrics highlighted as a crucial part of trusted patient ID verification

There is general consensus on the need for high-level security and trust when it comes to digital ID verification, but…

 

Concerns over the security of electronic personal health information intensifies

On Friday, an attorney for Ascension Health, a major U.S. hospital operator, wrote to Maine’s attorney general to tell him…

 

Japan’s My Number ID officially replaces health insurance cards

The issuance of health insurance cards in Japan has now been officially discontinued in favor of the 12-digit My Number…

 

Research buttresses bill that would set cybersecurity standards on US medical industry

New research by Austin, Texas-based Software Advice highlights gaps in the cybersecurity of healthcare providers that puts patients’ data at…

 

Passwordless authentication for healthcare possible with biometrics: Imprivata

Imprivata has published a new white paper on how to navigate “the journey to passwordless for healthcare,” covering passwordless authentication…

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