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Healthcare organizations worldwide apply biometrics as an effective method to verify a person's identity to provide patient safety, privacy and cost reduction, combat theft and reduce paperwork. The main reason for employing biometrics in healthcare environments is that all in-patient and out-patient hospital should operate in the most accurate and reliable way possible, which is ensured by implementation of biometric technologies.

Biometric identification of patients allows the optimization of treatment procedures and fully prevents the occurrence of any errors; the use of biometrics to secure access to medical records ensures reliable protection of patient data and significantly reduces paperwork.

Biometrics for physical access control facilities and physical spaces are safeguarded from unauthorized personnel and patients: convenient and non-intrusive identification for each such group of users is easily combined with reliability and efficient access control options.

The key tasks carried out by biometrics in the healthcare industry are as follows:

• Access restriction to sensitive zones and facilities of healthcare centers;
• Protection of access of medical staff to corporate data (electronic medical records) and medicine dispensing systems (including methanol-based drugs);
• Time monitoring of medical personnel, automated payroll procedures and establishment of bonuses for night shifts.

Project References

• Integration of biometric identification tools (BioLink U-Match scanners) into a medical information system of a Togliatti hospital (Russia);
• Implementation of biometrics (BioLink U-Match scanners, BioLink SDK) into a web-based information Thorax system in a clinical center in Ljubljana (Slovenia);
• Incorporation of fingerprint biometrics (BioLink U-Match scanners, BioLink SDK) into a remote access CITRIX platform for international healthcare and pharmaceutical company Quintiles.

BioLink offerings for the healthcare industry are as follows:

• BioLink U-Match, a fingerprint scanner;
• BioLink IDenium, a biometric identification corporate software;
• BioLink Authenteon, a biometric identification server;
• BioTime, a biometric T&A and access control system;
• BioLink AMIS, an automated multi-biometric information system (for integration into loyalty programs);
• BioLink SDK, a software development toolkit for applications requiring strong identification.