As anyone who’s ever had an elderly relative go through the healthcare system knows, maintaining consistent patient records is critical. Often, a patient will be treated in a hospital, sent to a ...

Misidentifying patients can have tragic consequences. Numerous catastrophic cases and near misses have been collected by Patient ID Now, a coalition of health care organizations we are affiliated with ...

WASHINGTON -- With all the fuss about the many healthcare items included in the omnibus fiscal year 2023 spending bill passed by Congress in December, little notice was taken of one thing that didn't ...

– Imprivata launches a new palm vein scanner solution: Imprivata PatientSecure to power touchless biometric patient identification for healthcare. – The next generation palm scanner, developed in ...

Discover how Oracle and ID.me are partnering to enhance patient identity verification processes, improving security and ...

A national patient health identifier standard is integral to supporting direct patient care, value-based care, and population health initiatives through enhanced patient matching, according to members ...

Patient ID matching mistakes are potentially deadly and pose serious threats to patient privacy, said a bipartisan pair of lawmakers who are sponsoring a bill to address the problem. (Image: Getty ...

A few months ago I was stricken with the flu. If you managed to avoid contracting the flu this year, congratulations, because you certainly dodged a bullet. Although I usually take the old school ...

Offering a novel answer to a complex security challenge, Imprivata has introduced PatientSecure, a patient identification tool that uses palm vein biometrics to link patients with their EHRs. [See ...

The U.S. Senate has removed language prohibiting innovation around national patient identification from its most recent appropriations bill. Health industry stakeholders are applauding the move – and ...

StatStrip Glucose Hospital Meter Systems, the handheld bedside testers many hospitals use to check patients’ blood sugar, can ...