Japanese tech firm Fujitsu is developing a palm-vein patient authentication tool with MedicFP LLC, a new vendor that focuses on combating healthcare fraud.The Fujitsu and MedicFP partnership incorporates Fujitsu's palm-vein biometric scanner as part of MedicFP's Verify solution, reports Healthcare IT News.After a palm-vein scan, providers can use MedicFP's Verify software and the scanner to confirm the identity of a patient and then link providers and payers to that patient's credentials and eligibility.”The success rate with scanning retinas, fingerprints, faces and voices are not as good as with the palm-vein,” MedicFP CEO Wendell Elms told the magazine. “With fingerprinting, for instance, there is much higher room for error because fingerprints can be worn down. Further, with fingerprinting, people are afraid to touch things in hospitals for fear of disease. The palm can hover over the scanner.”Some 440,000 patients die each year because of medical errors caused by misidentification. “That is where the palm-vein scanner can come in and help solve the problem,” Elms said.

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