With Facial Recognition Software and Windows 8, Your Practice Can be as Secure as a Las Vegas Casino
their passwords.
Enter facial recognition software. Though it may sound like something out of a science-fiction movie, this type of security has been refined to the point that many medical practices are using it to keep data secure by controlling the “faces” allowed to access data. Here’s how it works and why you should consider it for your practice.
Biometric facial recognition software “learns” a person’s facial features and matches them to a particular username and password during an initial “getting to know you” period. Then, when a staff member sits down at a computer, a webcam sends information about the person’s facial features to the software, which logs the individual into the system. When the “face” moves out of range of the camera, the user is logged out so an unknown user can’t simply walk up to and use the computer. Other biometric
