Biometrics are the missing link in healthcare digital transformation

By Vito Fabbrizio Managing Director, Biometrics Business Unit, HID

Digitization has been a halting, patchwork evolution in many industries, but healthcare may be the one where gaps in digitization cause the most frustration. Care and services must be delivered on time and accurately and may even have life-or-death consequences.

Most access control applications in healthcare still utilize plastic cards or the traditional method of usernames and passwords, whether for employee access to critical systems and supplies, or patient access …

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