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Health Care Information Technology: Securing The Electronic Health Record With Biometric Technology, Alyssa Iacona
Health Care Information Technology: Securing The Electronic Health Record With Biometric Technology, Alyssa Iacona
The Review: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Research
The principal focus of this paper is to examine the integration of biometric technology into healthcare’s information technology systems. Biometric technology, a rapidly evolving mechanism, analyzes specific anatomical and physiological features of an individual for identity verification (Perrin, 2002). Moreover, as the federal government has mandated all health records to be electronic in 2014, the implementation of biometrics has become a prevalent means of security. In an effort to adhere to the patient privacy laws authorized by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), biometric recognition is currently used to restrict access to verified health care providers and detect …