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Hospitals turn to biometrics to identify patients

By Wall Street Journal  
   February 07, 2019

Biometric technology is coming to the hospital. Biometric systems, which identify people through fingerprints or other physical characteristics, have long been in use in sectors like law enforcement and consumer electronics. Now hospitals are using iris and palm-vein scanning to overcome a growing patient-identification problem.

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