One day, you won’t need keys or passwords to get into buildings, use electronic equipment, or even enter a country. Instead, you’ll use biometric technology like your fingerprint, face, or retina to get in.
Even though fingerprints have been used to identify people for hundreds of years, biometric technology is now being used in industries like finance and transportation. Alphonse Bertillon, a French anthropologist, was the one who came up with the idea for modern biometrics. In 1879, he came up with The Bertillon System, in which police took pictures of criminals and wrote down what made them unique. This method is still used in mugshots today. Health care is one area where biometric technology has really taken off.
Here are the Top 12 Ways Biometric Technology can Support Healthcare;
12. Ensure the Safety of Patients Living with Dementia
By 2050, the number of older people in the US is expected to almost double, from 48 million to 88 million. As the number of older people grows, so will the number of people with dementia and Alzheimer’s. At the moment, biometrics are being thought about as a way to keep these patients safe. If a patient gets out of a nursing home or assisted living facility, their face will be used to find them and make sure they get back safely.
11. Make it less likely that health insurance fraud will happen
Biometrics can make sure that the person is who they say they are 98% of the time. This lowers the chance of fraud because it links a patient’s medical records directly to his or her unique biopattern. As biometric devices become more common in the health insurance industry, fraudsters won’t be able to get care or medicine by just showing medical records.
10. Easier and safer access
As with any new technology, there are many reasons why a company shouldn’t use biometric security. But once upon a time, the pen and paper were new, and the car and the internet were crazy ideas. The biggest worry is that privacy will be invaded, but companies that care will keep biometric data safe.
9. Makes life easier for people who work in healthcare
With biometric security, you can’t lose your fingerprint, someone can’t steal your facial recognition, and a dishonest coworker can’t use your retina scan.
Staff in healthcare have a lot to think about, and less personal paperwork (keys and passwords) will make life a little bit easier for people like those at Samsung who are already busy.
8. Helps stop tailgating
With its facial biometric access solution, Alcatraz AI stops people from sneaking in by following someone else.
Tina D’Agostin, CEO of Alcatraz AI, said, “Our access control solution gives security teams the ability to not only find and stop tailgating in real time, but also to do so in the first place.”
7. A digital audit record of staff movements
Employees can change the exact time when they sign in or out of a building or event by hand. When employees use biometric security to sign in, they can’t do this. Their digital traces are carefully kept track of, which is one of the reasons why some people don’t like biometric security. Suprema shows how the authentication process works.
6. Safe for employees and patients
IDEMIA and Bosch have joined forces in biometrics to make sure that the highest level of security is met.
Bosch’s Gregor Schlechtriem said, “When our customers use biometric terminals for security, they will be set up for years, so we want to give them the best choice.”
Idemia’s Yves Portalier said, “Our biometric devices will be a good choice for companies that want a high level of security and ease of use.”
5. Keeps staff from breaking the law out of greed
Biometric security can help protect a building from more than just tailgating. Organizations can also keep track of who is where and when with the help of the digital footprint. If expensive things go missing, biometric security data can help find people who may have seen the theft or done it. NEC explains how this works in more detail.
4. Cuts down on germs
According to research, cards and card readers have more germs than urinals. Security cards that nursing staff carry around and use more than once a day can spread germs, but hands-free biometric security doesn’t. But this is the same problem when it comes to biometric finger scanning. Antibacterial wipes help HFX deal with this problem.
3. Combats fraud
Voice identification is another type of biometric security. Nice is a company that makes software. Their Enlighten Fraud Prevention system can be used in call centers to detect fraud using voice biometrics. In a statement, the company said, “The Nice Enlighten Fraud Prevention proactive system reduces fraud losses by a large amount and cuts down on the time it takes to handle cases while protecting consumers.”
2. Makes it less likely that medicine, equipment, or personal items will be stolen.
Sometimes “visitors” to a hospital aren’t there to see a person at all; instead, they are there to do something bad to the building. Medicine and equipment that are kept in the building can be stolen and sold, but the most valuable thing in a hospital is the people who are getting care there. Babies who have just been born are a target, but biometric security lets parents know that their babies are safe.
1. Helps patient’s feel secure
In a hospital or clinic, the patients come first. When a patient is getting treatment or helping a loved one who is sick, knowing that the hospital has the best biometric security will help them feel at ease. As UiPath explains, facial recognition software can not only help healthcare workers do their jobs more efficiently, but it can also make the process for patients go more smoothly.
