Digital Healthcare Security Issues: Is There a Solution in Biometrics?

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Author(s): Punithavathi P. (VIT Chennai, India)and Geetha Subbiah (VIT Chennai, India)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 17
Source title: Countering Cyber Attacks and Preserving the Integrity and Availability of Critical Systems
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): S. Geetha (VIT Chennai, India)and Asnath Victy Phamila (VIT Chennai, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8241-0.ch016

Keywords: Cyber and Network Security / Digital Crime & Forensics / Information Science Reference / Security & Forensics

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Digital healthcare system, which is undergoing transformation phase to provide safe, swift, and improved quality care, is experiencing diverse problems. The serious threats to the digital healthcare system include misidentification of patients and healthcare-related frauds. Biometrics is a cutting-edge scientific field which overcomes the weaknesses of password-based authentication methods while ensuring a friction-free user experience. It enables unprecedented authentication capabilities based on human characteristics that cannot be replicated by fraudsters. The growing demand for biometrics solutions in digital healthcare system is mainly driven by the need to combat fraud, along with an initiative to preserve privacy of the patient besides with healthcare safety. This chapter examines how biometric technology can be applied to the digital healthcare services.

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