Medical biometrics R&D proving to also have wide-ranging security applications
Rapidly advancing mobile-device technologies and information-sharing platforms like “wearable devices,” are hurriedly being developed which can “capture a wide variety…
Healthcare Biometrics
Healthcare biometrics refers to biometric applications in doctors’ offices, hospitals, or for use in monitoring patients. This can include access control, identification, workforce management or patient record storage. Read our research report on biometrics and healthcare.
Integrated Biometrics tech enables anonymous mobile HIV testing in South Africa
South African non-governmental organization “Shout It Now” is using fingerprint sensors from Integrated Biometrics in its mobile testing vans to…
Standards needed for biometrics and other data to tap potential of electronic health records
Patient matching needs to be significantly improved with a national strategy and standards agreed to by health organizations and technology…
Fujitsu biometric remote patient engagement software launched to Epic marketplace
Fujitsu America has launched its MedClick medication adherence and patient engagement product to the Epic App Orchard marketplace to help…
Kenya progressing toward biometric deployment in all hospitals to curb health insurance fraud
At least 1,370 hospitals in Kenya have deployed biometric kits in a bid to stamp out health insurance fraud as…
Integrated Biometrics fingerprint scanners powering remote healthcare services in Kenya
Kenyan healthcare provider Afya Research Africa (ARA) is using fingerprint biometrics to establish identity to provide care to people in…
AfriDOKTA adds Smart Applications International biometrics to secure telehealth accounts
Telemedicine and mobile health company AfriDOKTA and biometric health insurance administration automation company Smart Applications International (Smart) have formed a…
Palm vein biometric technology from Imprivata to secure patient records at U.S. healthcare network
Missouri-based healthcare provider CoxHealth will deploy Imprivata’s PatientSecure palm vein biometric verification technology to ease the customer check-in process while…
SmartMetric introduces biometric card for medical records storage
SmartMetric announced it has created a biometrics-secured smart card that stores an individuals medical files, including scans and images. The…
Biometrics: obstacles and opportunities in healthcare
This is a guest post by Dan Cidon, Chief Technology Officer at NextGate. During the last decade a technological transformation…
