Patient iris scans could cut identity theft

There is a problem with iris scanning technology. It is too obtrusive for a regular patient, and the patient accepatance rate is low. Nobody wants another person to hold something to their eye. There is a better way to biometrically identify a patient. It's palm vein technology. Carolinas Healthcare has been using a software program called PatientSecure by HT Systems. HT System's PatientSecure requires a scan of the patients palm vein pattern. The software then links the patient's palm vein pattern to their EMR. Before Carolinas adopted the palm vein technology they did a broad survey to find out what type of biometric technology their patients would accept the most. By far, palm vein technology was the winner over iris scans, and fingerprints. Carolinas has been using palm vein technology for 17 months. They have a documented 99% patient acceptance rate, and over 200,000 palm vein scans in their database. The PatientSecure system does everything the iris scan software does as far bringing up the patient's record wherever they are in the hospital and it goes a step further by allowing a patient to be identified at an affiliated clinic or physician's office they have never been to before. PatientSecure acts as a biometric EMPI in that sense. Considering the 3 new healthcare networks who have signed a contract with HT Systems, PatientSecure will be in 38 hospitals and 188 clinics by October. Patients like to have their hand scanned much more than they like having their eyeballs scanned. That's the truth.