Biometric Resources

As social media communications vaults to the forefront of healthcare’s collective consciousness, more and more organizations are jumping into the pool with both feet to leverage this powerful medium as a way to build brand advocates, communicate in times of crisis, engage with patients, educate, offer support and guidance on medical issues, and in some […]

Interesting joint research study out of Emory University and Georgia Tech that sheds light on the increasing importance of using a patient’s photograph to help establish more accurate identification and reduce errors. Researchers experimented with including patient photos on their X-rays and discovered that this led to a five-fold decrease in patient identification errors. Here is an […]