Session Name: "Unconference" Open Session - Patient Identification and Biometrics
Time / Room: 2:15 - 3:00 Faru
Notes:
Objectives:
Share experiences about unique patient identification
Get ideas about something not tried
How have countries managed to handle stubborn patients, i.e. those who keep changing identities, e.g. KPs
Better standards or biometrics
Non biometric approach to unique identifaction
Health use cases -
Background to Biometrics
How do we keep the Biometric compromise low?
- - Cases where Biometric information has been decentralized - Case of GHANA
- - Hexadecimal conversion of biometric (Fingerprint) image that
Resources:
- " Intelligent sensor and analytics software company Olea will be displaying the OSN Quadcorder prototype with its HeartSignature product. The system is made up of a wireless, contactless device that can collect and process heart rate, respiration rate, and heart rate variability data. The information can be transmitted via the cloud to clinicians. The company reports the product requires no external wires or contact with the body"
- How do we get people to agree to their biometrics taken?
- - Takes alot of sensitization to get buyin explaining exact uses of the data collected.
- - Train health workers to be able to deliver information to patients on why the biometrics are being collected.
- - Get champions within the management part of health management to champion or promote buy-in