Argentina launches IOTA decentralized IDs, blockchain for organ transplants
Argentina’s national medical transplant authority, INCUCAI, has added decentralized digital identities and blockchain-based document checks to its network for organ…
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.
Thales to overhaul identity infrastructure for US health data giant Availity
Thales has been chosen by Availity to modernize the identity systems that support one of the largest real‑time health information…
CertaScan infant biometrics footprint system installed at 3 Florida hospitals
Infant biometrics company CertaScan Technologies has deployed its proprietary infant safety system at a trio of hospitals in Palm Beach,…
Kenya expands digital ID program to minors through health sector rollout
Kenya has begun a biometric registration campaign seeking to enroll children and dependents of between seven and 17 years into…
Heuristik targets healthcare biometrics with AI built for clinical conditions
Spanish biometrics company Heuristik has global ambitions, a personal origin story and government backing for its neural network focused on…
India’s digital health ID system surpasses 900 million accounts
India’s digital health identity program has surpassed 900 million registered accounts, marking a major milestone for one of the world’s…
Healthcare builds new identity infrastructure as fraud and interoperability pressures grow
Healthcare organizations are rapidly strengthening digital identity infrastructure as interoperability mandates, patient portal fraud and AI-driven impersonation risks push the…
ID.me and Verisys partnership points to broader CMS digital identity push
ID.me and Verisys have launched a strategic partnership aimed at helping state Medicaid agencies verify provider identities, validate credentials, and…
Data breach exposes medical, financial, biometric data of 1.8 million
New York City Health and Hospitals (NYCHH) is confronting one of the largest healthcare data breaches disclosed so far this…
Global ID, Idiap partner to scale finger vein biometrics with machine learning
Swiss startup Global ID has announced that it has launched a new project with the Idiap Research Institute that aims…
