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…
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.
Risks, data privacy fears as Spain pilots biometric patient ID system in two cities
A report has flagged risks and data privacy issues with a new biometric patient identification system which Spain is implementing…
Ukraine joins e-prescription pilot for EUDI Wallet
Ukraine has joined a European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet pilot, which will test cross-border sharing of medical credentials, including electronic…
Kenya re-introduces biometric patient verification to curb insurance fraud
The Kenyan government has relaunched a biometric system for the identification of patients at health facilities as part of efforts…
US govt, Big Tech unite to build one stop national health data platform
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), in coordination with the White House and more than 60 leading…
Norway’s national health network adopts banking-grade security standard OpenID FAPI 2.0
The Norwegian Health Network (NHN) has become the first national healthcare system to deploy the OpenID Foundation’s FAPI 2.0 security…
Simprints highlights Gavi support for privacy-first biometrics for vaccines program in Ghana
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
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
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
The Minister of Health and Social Protection of Morocco, Amine Tahraoui, has asserted that the digitization of health systems by…
