New biometric partnerships: Tascent for air travel, Alcatraz for healthcare
Tascent and airport lounge solution provider Information Engineering Group (IEG) announced a new biometrics partnership on Wednesday. The companies will…
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Majority of Americans want biometrics for health record access and sharing, Pew survey finds
Biometrics are the first choice of patient health record identifier by 54 percent of American adults, according to a survey…
Acuant ID document scanning to verify COVID-19 patient data for NeuroLab
Acuant has announced NeuroLab BI, a clinical lab optimization company, is licensing its ID document scanning technology to verify the…
Former UIDAI head urges Aadhaar biometrics use and registration model for rapid COVID-19 vaccine distribution
The use of biometrics in the Aadhaar program may help India vaccinate its 1.3 billion people against COVID-19 quickly, and…
Deep learning tool analyzes biometric data from selfies to detect heart disease
New medical research published in the European Heart Journal discusses how four patient biometric “selfies” could be enough for a…
Bipartisan push for a national patient digital ID soldiers on
A U.S. Representative is trying again to break a circular illogic that prevents federal money from funding a national patient…
HIPAA relaxation boosts telehealth services, Imprivata digital identity secures clinician services
Since COVID-19 confirmed how unpredictable the world is, the healthcare industry has been more interested than ever in implementing advanced…
ID document and selfie biometrics adopted by Lithuanian Bank, Canadian province, UK care home, Guatemalan ewallet
Biometric facial recognition technologies for checking ID documents against selfies to onboard customers or verify their identities are being supplied…
Could COVID-19 be the challenge IT can’t (or won’t) solve? Spoiler alert: Yes
Domestic U.S. IT companies, at one time seemingly invincible, globally admired and widely envied, today might as well be standing…
Researchers use facial recognition to identify patients in Kenya, develop custom 3D-printed masks
An open source biometric facial recognition system described in a study by Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Medicine at Vanderbilt University Martin…
