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…
patient identification
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Oloid expands market reach with Armatura partnership, gets DEA certification
Facial authentication provider Oloid has announced a strategic go-to-market partnership with biometric access control and identity management company Armatura. It…
Digidentity enables remote onboarding registration for GMC doctors in UK
Healthcare continues to open up as a potentially major market for biometrics and reusable digital identity, as evidenced by the…
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…
Simprints celebrates scale of biometrically verified health services in 2024
Biometrics non-profit Simprints says it delivered more than 551,000 biometrically verified health services including vaccines, surgeries, and deworming treatments across…
U.S. lawmakers look to improve patient privacy, safety with MATCH IT Act
The introduction of the Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT Act of 2025 (MATCH IT) marks a significant…
Vendors make their case why biometrics and the healthcare sector go together
Companies such as Amazon have been introducing biometric authentication systems into the healthcare sector, adapting its Amazon One palm biometrics…
