WIBX 950 » patients http://wibx950.com Your News Talk and Sports Leader Mon, 20 May 2013 04:50:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 New York Hospital Using Palm Scans for Patient Check-Ins http://wibx950.com/new-york-hospital-using-palm-scans-for-patient-check-ins/ http://wibx950.com/new-york-hospital-using-palm-scans-for-patient-check-ins/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:56:06 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=29888 Checking in at New York University’s Langone Medical Center now has a high-tech twist. Instead of paperwork, the hospital is using a palm-scanner to trace the unique vein patterns in patients’ hands.

Made by Fujitsu, the scanners use near-infrared waves to take an image of the veins in a person’s palm. As long as the imaging has been done on a patient before, software can then match these pictures against those already on file. Set-up for new patients takes under a minute, and doesn’t require the person to be conscious.

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