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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.

 

Clear to provide online biometric identity verification for US Medicare beneficiaries

Clear has scored a major contract in the healthcare industry. A release from the firm says it has inked a…

 

Japan formally completes digitizing health insurance card, following EU nations

Japan has completed the integration of its national health insurance program into the My Number ID system, as it moves…

 

Nect brings biometric identification to German healthcare system

Patients in Germany will soon be able to identify themselves through their biometrics, allowing them to use digital healthcare services….

 

Clear expands its patient check-in program to more than 150 locations

Clear is expanding its selfie biometrics-based patient check-in program designed with Wellstar Health System, which provides medical care across the…

 

Data breaches of Australia’s health records drop 50% after passkey adoption: OAIC

The number of data breaches in the Australian national electronic health record system has declined by half over the last…

 

ID.me expands reach of digital identity wallet for healthcare management

U.S. patient access and healthcare records management provider Flexpa has signed on to use ID.me’s digital identity wallet to give…

 

CertaScan reaches 1.5M infant footprint biometrics scanned in US

Infant biometrics company CertaScan Technologies has reached a milestone in the U.S. market, with 1.5 million American babies enrolled into…

 

Nigeria intends to boost universal health coverage drive with digital ID

The National Health Insurance Authority of Nigeria (NHIA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Identity Management…

 

Telstra Health wins contract to digitize Australia’s health records system

Digital transformation is coming to Australia’s healthcare system on a national level. The country’s Digital Health Agency has awarded a…

 

Clear integrations with Epic position firm to lead on face biometrics for healthcare

Healthcare continues to be fertile ground for biometrics. Clear is pursuing deeper integration with Epic, the health management system and…

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