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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.

 

The future of biometrics examined at Fairmont Conference

The conference “Next Step in Identity Technologies: Biometrics and Beyond” was held last month in Fairmont, WV to discuss the…

 

Cross Match technologies acquired by Francisco Partners

Francisco Partners, a global private equity firm focused on investments in technology and technology-enabled services business, has acquired Cross Match…

 

Researchers develop robotic leg by studying biometric gait recognition

Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed a robotic leg that perfectly mimics how a real person walks. The…

 

Medbox uses biometrics to verify medical marijuana users

Medbox Inc., a provider of a patented machine that dispenses medication to individuals based on biometric identification, is focusing on…

 

Can biometric technology reign in India’s corruption?

Biometrics technology is expected to reign in India’s rampant corruption, especially where poor laborers and migrant workers are concerned. A…

 

Workforce management tools let corporate workers work at home

Working from home used to be a breeze. You would have total control of your time. Bosses did not dictate…

 

SIA claims biometrics can reduce Medicare and Medicaid fraud

The Security Industry Association (SIA) recently tesified to the Senate Finance Committee that biometrics technology can contribute to a better…

 

Fast fingerprint processing to cost more for Ontario volunteers

Expedited criminal record checks that utilize biometric fingerprint processing for volunteers in Ontario will cost much more than traditional criminal…

 

Biometric voice recognition software can detect Parkinson’s Disease

Professor Max Little, from the University of Oxford, has been using algorithms in voice recognition software to detect changes in…

 

DNA probing hopes to change unhealthy eating habits

Nutrigenomics is an emerging field of science that studies the DNA of a person and formulates a diet around it….

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