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.

Simprints highlights Gavi support for privacy-first biometrics for vaccines program in Ghana

May 20, 2025, 11:30 am EDT

Simprints welcomed Gavi CEO Dr. Sania Nishtar on a visit to Ghana to observe pioneering vaccine delivery that utilizes biometrics….

Wales launches identity verification service, opens ‘digital front door’ to NHS

May 13, 2025, 12:29 pm EDT

Wales is getting the new Welsh Identity Verification Service as the government re-launches the NHS Wales app. Speaking at Wales’…

Pakistan launches one patient, one ID to transform healthcare access

Apr 25, 2025, 1:49 pm EDT

Pakistan has launched a historic digital health program called One Patient One ID, which aims to transform how medical records…

Morocco shares experience in digitization of patient journeys

Apr 24, 2025, 3:10 pm EDT

The Minister of Health and Social Protection of Morocco, Amine Tahraoui, has asserted that the digitization of health systems by…

Simprints celebrates scale of biometrically verified health services in 2024

Apr 10, 2025, 3:16 pm EDT

Biometrics non-profit Simprints says it delivered more than 551,000 biometrically verified health services including vaccines, surgeries, and deworming treatments across…

Thailand integrates biometric ID management into public health ecosystem

Apr 7, 2025, 7:46 pm EDT

The Thai government has opted for a face and iris biometric system as part of efforts to tighten its control…

NEC claims world-first facial recognition system for genomic custom cancer vaccines

Apr 1, 2025, 2:37 pm EDT

A news release says NEC Corporation has developed and successfully demonstrated a facial recognition system for personalized cancer vaccine therapies….