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Biometrics for care environments

 “Biometrics experts from the University of Kent’s School of Engineering and Digital Arts[1] (EDA) have formed a partnership with InMezzo[2], one of the UK’s leading secure information specialists, for a project to be supported by the Technology Strategy Board[3] that will enhance identity authentication procedures in care environments.
The growing costs and demands on health and social care are leading to huge pressures to develop improved care for older people and the disabled in their own homes, using telecare technology to deliver the services. Telecare[4] enables remote monitoring and alerting of client incidents to carers, so that sound responses to events can be made on a 24/7 basis. It also often involves the electronic transmission of highly personal health or welfare information, which raises important issues about client confidentiality and safety.
The University’s researchers have an established track record in developing novel and robust pattern recognition techniques to identify individuals from a range of biometric measurements, and these techniques can be especially useful in addressing practical questions of security and the safety of patients, and protecting the confidentiality of their data. Working in partnership with InMezzo, the University’s researchers are now exploring user-friendly ways in which recognition of individuals from their face and voice characteristics can enable a wide range of patients and vulnerable individuals to gain much easier access to telecare systems and applications, using the audio visual functions of the healthcare delivery platform SmartCare. It will also develop a door entry system which recognises faces and voices of authorised carers and other visitors to improve the safety and security of people living alone.” Read more at http://www.kent.ac.uk/news/stories/biometrics-care-environments/2010

Print posted @ Friday, February 25, 2011 12:17 PM

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