HELENA - Patients at St. Peter's Hospital and clinics will soon have the option of enrolling in a new identification system which eliminates the need to provide photo ID at each appointment or hospital visit.
Patient Secure is currently used by 200 hospitals across the nation. The system scans the patient's vein pattern of their right hand which is then fed into a computer.
St. Peter's Hospital is hoping to secure the identity of its patients by implementing a new hand-scanning system.
Patient Access director Kolene Gardner explained, "What this is, it's a biometric scan of your palm. Your palm is the same from the time you are born until you pass."
Helena hospital installing hand scanner ID device | KPAX.com | Missoula, Montana
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