HHS to Employ Biometrics in Health Records Portal for Seniors

[highplainsdem]

Source: Bloomberg Law

The Trump administration announced it will roll out an online health portal that will allow seniors to access their health records through facial recognition software.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will partner with biometric security platforms Clear and ID.me to verify patients’ identities. Once logged in, seniors can then instantly share medical records with health-care providers, eliminating the need for clipboards and manual data entry, the agency said.

Trump administartion officials say they hope to launch the full initiative around July 4.

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Read more: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/hhs-to-employ-biometrics-in-health-records-portal-for-seniors/

[SheltieLover]

1. No thanks.

[2naSalit]

2. Nope...

Not going to use it.

[highplainsdem]

8. I've read that it's less secure than a good password changed frequently.

[dgauss]

3. And then what...

[3Hotdogs]

4. How is that different from the. "MY Portal " in my doctors' that contains records of visits with all of them?

[intrepidity]

13. Guessing: it gives the Feds access and control?

What could possibly be bad about that? /s

[Nigrum Cattus]

5. there are no clipboards or manual data entry

some of my Dr's have voice recorders during procedures
it's just another data grab - they want those data centers full

[Buddyzbuddy]

6. Papers please! No longer needed. Scanners in airports, on the streets

ring cameras, protest scans. Nah, I wait til f*ckmeister is gone.

Don't forget the new thought crimes division that googly eyes is starting up at the FBI. So much for the less gov't claims by Republicans.

[progree]

7. Of course I'd like all my health information from all health providers to be in one place, so I don't have to review

them in pieces, provider-by-provider.

But it scares me that I HAVE to provide biometric information to access it. To this administration. OMFG!

Note: I couldn't read more than 3 sentences because it was paywalled. I went to archive.ph and found the article
https://archive.ph/2EyjH

But, oh well, it's the same thing -- just a few sentences and a demand to log in to see more.

[Miguelito Loveless]

9. They don't want it to protect your data

they want the biometric data for their surveillance system

[Deep State Witch]

10. Ummmm.... No

As someone who is on the cusp of fitting into that category, no. As someone with an 84-year-old aunt who needs us to fix her computer, definitely not.

[CozyMystery]

11. No way. nt

[travelingthrulife]

12. Nope. Not happening.