“When patients were admitted to the new El Camino Hospital in Mountain View for the first time on Monday, November 16, the registration process included something most people associate with sci-fi thrillers — a cutting edge biometric registration system that “reads” patients’ identities by scanning the unique vein structures in their palms.
The system El Camino Hospital is using as an integral part of its new patient registration and identification system is the Fujitsu PalmSecure(TM) palm vein biometric authentication technology. The PalmSecure technology’s integration with HT Systems’ PatientSecure and McKesson’s Star Hospital Information Systems provides El Camino Hospital with a highly accurate, non-intrusive verification method for effectively registering and identifying patients. The combined solution protects patient privacy and helps to prevent medical identity theft while allowing patients to receive swift, accurate care.”
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PRNewswire, 17 November 2009
