Fitbit research suggests wearable biometrics tracking can detect COVID-19
A new research paper published by Fitbit suggests the wearable could be used to detect COVID-19 by monitoring the wearer’s…
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.
Imprivata acquires Fairwarning to upgrade digital identity solution for healthcare
Imprivata has acquired patient privacy intelligence firm FairWarning to improve its healthcare-focused digital ID offering. The digital identity solution offered…
Are overstated privacy fears holding back biometric patient-matching?
How can the U.S. health care industry meaningfully tap biometrics for patient-matching, something that is assumed will be a boon…
Fitness-tracker biometrics predict COVID-19 better than temps
Temperature checks, increasingly disparaged as COVID theater, can be outperformed as an illness indicator by fitness-tracker biometrics and self-reported symptoms,…
Innovatrics biometric algorithms used in World Bank’s Senegal healthcare project
Innovatrics has been revealed as a partner with Credence ID in the World Bank project for a biometrics-based solution to the…
Biometric registration for Kenya’s universal health coverage scheme underway
A process to capture the biometric data of an initial number of one million poor Kenyan citizens within the framework…
Credence ID mobile biometrics selected for better patient management in Senegal
Credence ID has announced it has been chosen to deploy its mobile biometrics and credential reading technology for patient identity…
From networks to biometrics: NASA gets cell coverage for moon
Finnish company Nokia has been named as a partner for NASA’s efforts to begin extended human exploration of the moon…
Digital identity solutions for health status verification evaluated by aviation and hospitality industries
UK airports are considering which digital identity apps, most of which include biometrics, can help them restore travelers’ confidence in…
Simprints awarded for biometric ID technology to secure healthcare and vaccine delivery
Simprints has been recognized for its work delivering biometric technology to create and leverage digital identity for healthcare by multiple organizations,…
