Health information is individually identifiable if it contains Biometric identifiers, including finger and voice prints

https://acp.stanford.edu/hipaa/hipaa-faq

Biometric technology is one of the advantageous techniques to help identification and monitoring of patients. For example it helps to identify and monitor in-hospital patients to avoid possible human errors.

Dear @Ghassan A AlKindi,

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Health information is individually identifiable if it contains Biometric identifiers, including finger and voice prints

https://acp.stanford.edu/hipaa/hipaa-faq

The following paper by one of the members of ReserachGate seems to be closely related to your question: "A Framework for the Creation of a Unified Electronic Medical Record Using Biometrics, Data Fusion and Belief Theory" by Dwayne Christopher Leonard.

Article A Framework for the Creation of a Unified Electronic Medical...

 Dear @Khan Muhammad,

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Dear @Tatsuo Tabata,

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Dear @Krishnan Umachandran,

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Biometrics for Electronic Health Records

"Securing electronic health records, in scenarios in which the provision of care services is share among multiple actors, could become a complex and costly activity. Correct identification of patients and physician, protection of privacy and confidentiality, assignment of access permissions for healthcare providers and resolutions of conflicts rise as main points of concern in the development of interconnected health information networks. Biometric technologies have been proposed as a possible technological solution for these issues due to its ability to provide a mechanism for unique verification of an individual identity. This paper presents an analysis of the benefit as well as disadvantages offered by biometric technology. A comparison between this technology and more traditional identification methods is used to determine the key benefits and flaws of the use biometric in health information systems. The comparison as been made considering the viability of the technologies for medical environments, global security needs, the contemplation of a share care environment and the costs involved in the implementation and maintenance of such technologies. This paper also discusses alternative uses for biometrics technologies in health care environments. The outcome of this analysis lays in the fact that even when biometric technologies offer several advantages over traditional method of identification, they are still in the early stages of providing a suitable solution for a health care environment."

BY: Alejandro Enrique Flores Zuniga

http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1861489

The standard of safe medication practice requires strict observance of the five rights of medication administration: the right patient, drug, time, dose, and route. Despite adherence to these guidelines, medication errors remain a public health concern that has generated health policies and hospital processes that leverage automation and computerization to reduce these errors. Bar code, RFID, biometrics and pharmacy automation technologies have been demonstrated in literature to decrease the incidence of medication errors by minimizing human factors involved in the process. Despite evidence suggesting the effectivity of these technologies, adoption rates and trends vary across hospital systems.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4765644/

http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1861489

Dear @Shafagat, among many available papers, I do contribute this one:

Measuring life: Sensors and analytics for precision medicine!

"The first industrial revolution focused on machines, the second one was data-centric – a third revolution combining the power of devices and information has just started and transforms our understanding of life itself. Thereby novel sensors and networks from wearable biometric devices to lab-on-a-chip platforms for exploratory fundamental research on single-biomolecule characterization and design occupy a key role. In combination with recent advances in big data analytics for life sciences, healthcare and genomics such sensors are essential tools for moving from fast and cheap personalized DNA-sequencing via smart genomics towards one-off prevention and treatment plans. Replacing state-of-the-art, one-fits-all approaches, this paradigm shifting individual " assess & response " scheme commonly referred to as precision medicine merges biomedical engineering, systems biology, systems genomics, and information technology..."

Conference Paper Measuring life: Sensors and analytics for precision medicine

Dear @Ljubomir Jacić,

Thank you very much for opinion and att.file.

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Dear Prof Mahmudova,

Not very familiar with the field of medicine, personalized medicine and care needs authentication. Long distance medicine probably is feasible only where health care is needed in remote places and less educated population.

Based on my work with tribal area and basic health care  accessibility is a impossible task even for young kids. Documentation for disorders and monitoring in the long run, when I look at it i have this question "will it really effect everyone globally" (of course country-wise) ...

Agree with @Ghassan A AlKindi. He has presented a smart answer.

I endorse the responses given and would add that technology in this regard can save time and life in emergency situations, so I think it would have a positive impact on the field of medicine.

Many thanks,

Debra

You might want to consider splitting your question into two parts:

What can be gained by using biometric information to identify patients and their prior conditions (e.g. unconscious / unable to speak) through linking to health databases?

Are there biometric attributes that could be indicators of potential health conditions? (e.g. the way retinal photographs can indicate potential diabetes problems)

Dear @James Dominic O'Shea,

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Dear @Debra Sharon Ferdinand,

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Dear @Seyed Mehdi Mohammadizadeh,

Thanks for  your valuable comments.

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The Necessity of Biometric Technology for Patient Identification in Healthcare!

"The increase applicability of biometrics as a practical individual identification tool is a key reason it is one of the fastest evolving technologies around the world. Seen as a technology that is a logical replacement for antiquated and cumbersome personal identification numbers (PINs) and passwords, biometrics is a more secure alternative to enhance individual identification accuracy and system security. The healthcare industry is benefiting from biometrics too as more hospitals are using it to accurately identify patients and improve patient safety. The market for biometrics in healthcare was recently valued at $1.2 billion in 2012 according to a Transparency Market Research report which also suggested that it is forecasted to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 25.9%, en route to an estimated market value of $5.8 billion in 2019...

Why is biometric technology necessary in the healthcare industry?

• Accurate patient identification
• Prevent duplicate medical records and overlays
• Eliminate medical identity theft
• Raise data integrity levels
• To streamline the patient enrollment process..."

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140327122054-167401830-the-necessity-of-biometric-technology-for-patient-identification-in-healthcare?trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A577811291458290733331%2CVSRPtargetId%3A8995912714879434165%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary&trk=vsrp_influencer_content_res_name