There's major growth in store for biometric technologies in the areas of mobile devices, ATMs, and healthcare, according to ABI Research. In new findings from the market research company's Biometric Technologies and Applications service, the group … [Read more...] about Growth For Biometrics in Smartphones, Banking, Healthcare

Just a few months after having received approval for use in the Swedish healthcare system, Precise Biometrics' Tactivo readers are being implemented in the municipality of Landskrona. In a proof of concept trial, the devices are being used to … [Read more...] about Swedish Healthcare Workers Trial Tactivo

Behavioral biometrics developer NuData is aiming its solutions at the healthcare industry. In a new blog post, the company argues that rising threats to the digital security of healthcare company systems provide a compelling reason to adopt security … [Read more...] about NuData Aims Biometrics at Healthcare Data

A new report from market intelligence firm Tractica, “Biometrics in the Healthcare Industry”, forecasts that by 2024 global healthcare biometrics revenue will hit $3.5 billion. The company currently pegs the market at $250 million. Adoption is … [Read more...] about Healthcare Biometrics Presents Major Market Opportunity

Biometric technology, as we outlined in this month’s primer, can be used not only for security in healthcare and patient identification but also as a way of taking the hospital home. While the former two of these technology paradigms is focused on … [Read more...] about Healthcare Month: The Remote Care Revolution

Though biometrics serve to bring an incredible amount of benefits to the healthcare industry, the gigantic risk associated with health data has served as a barrier preventing the kind of explosive traction we’ve seen in say, the payment solutions … [Read more...] about Healthcare Month: Four Biometrics Deployments in Health

Though identity management technology focuses on the biological aspect of who we are, there are other aspects of human life that add up to the whole person. At the Global Identity Summit in September, as the conference expanded its focus from solely … [Read more...] about Healthcare Month: Biometrics, Context and Coolness

Healthcare has long been a ripe vertical market for biometric technology. Health records are extremely valuable personal documents, drugs and pharmaceuticals are in high demand and need protecting, and doctors are extremely poor on time. Biometric … [Read more...] about Healthcare Month: The Primer

A team of British postgraduate researchers have designed a miniature fingerprint scanner for use in healthcare in the developing world, according to a Reuters report. The researchers have dubbed the device Simprints, and are working with NGOs to test … [Read more...] about Fingerprint Scanner Aims to Extend Healthcare in Developing World

This past week at FindBiometrics we brought Physical Access Month to a close while posting headlines regarding biometrics in healthcare and finance. Voice biometrics made the news too, this week, as did a few major mobile authentication … [Read more...] about News Roundup: Healthcare Biometrics Heat Up