Biometrics is the most reliable and efficient way to validate a person's identity. In healthcare, the use of facial biometrics has opened up new possibilities and enabled remote processes.
To increase the accuracy and reliability of facial biometrics, it can be combined with Liveness Detection, also known as proof of life. This solution reduces identity fraud and prevents fraudsters from using images from the Internet to simulate people's faces. The technology increases the security and authenticity of the verification process.
In this article, we'll learn how to use Liveness Detection to prevent fraud in healthcare.
Why Use Liveness Detection in Healthcare?
The use of Liveness Detection in facial authentication provides an even higher level of security and helps combat fraud in the healthcare industry. The technology allows a system to determine whether it is interacting with a real person or a reproduction. In practice, the process detects actions such as the use of printed photos or the presentation of photos on mobile phone displays. In addition, the popularity of smartphones has made camera devices more accessible and facial recognition easier.
Benefits of Liveness Detection in Healthcare
In addition to reducing the risk of fraud, Liveness Detection improves the user experience by simplifying steps in the authentication process through fast and accurate identification. Here are some other benefits:
- Data protection: Liveness Detection ensures that a real person is performing the authentication process to prevent the use of replicas. The technology prevents unwanted access to sensitive data and combats fraud.
- Process certification: the solution enables remote healthcare processes, such as remote consultations and digital proof of life, without worrying about fraud.
- User convenience: the technology enables faster and more secure validations, both for digital onboarding and for logging into websites and applications. This eliminates the need for the user to navigate through multiple screens to provide login credentials.
When to use Liveness Detection?
Liveness Detection can be applied to a variety of healthcare activities, including Electronic Health Records (EHR), medication administration, restricted area access, and patient care. Check out other examples:
Telemedicine
Telemedicine offers patients the convenience of remote medical consultations. However, this modality requires a robust authentication system to prevent practices such as health insurance fraud and ideological falsehood.
In this context, Liveness Detection strengthens service security, reduces the risk of identity fraud, and speeds up bureaucratic processes.
Digital Patient Identification
Digital patient identification is performed using a mobile phone connected to the Internet. After the process, it is possible to view exams, schedule appointments and generate health insurance tokens.
With Liveness Detection, it is possible to prevent practices such as sharing health insurance cards and leaking login and password information.
Proof of Life
The proof of life process is typically required by the elderly and/or those with co-morbidities. Travel for these patients is costly and stressful. Technology solutions are needed to provide quality and convenience. Implementing robust technologies is an efficient way to identify and authenticate the user to prove they are who they say they are.
Using Liveness Detection, it is possible to remotely prove that the user is alive and perform the entire proof-of-life process at home. All you need is access to a digital camera and the Internet.
How can Liveness be implemented in a healthcare environment?
During the process of biometric verification of an individual, the technology is used to determine whether the person's photograph is authentic or an attempt at fraud. Liveness Detection must therefore be used in conjunction with biometric authentication.
In healthcare, Liveness Detection is used whenever there is a need to verify the authenticity of the person using the system. The process can be used when accessing exams and requesting consultations, when performing the proof of life process, or during the consultation.
To implement biometric authentication with Liveness Detection technology, BioPass ID offers a range of products that make the process simple and fast, from the moment of capture to biometric authentication and fraud verification. Get to know the solutions:
Multibiometrics Package
Multibiometrics integrates biometrics into any computer system with Internet access. The package has all the necessary infrastructure for biometric enrollment, updating and verification without the need for biometric knowledge. The package also includes Liveness Detection technology through Liveness 2D V2 operation. For more technical information, see the article How to integrate a biometric API with BioPass ID or the Liveness 2D V2 documentation.
Face SDK
The Face SDK is used in the facial biometrics capture process. It includes automatic face recognition and an automatic capture function. It is available for web and mobile platforms (Android and iOS).
Liveness Detection and BioPass ID
In this article, we have seen how Liveness Detection, combined with other BioPass ID solutions, strengthens the security of healthcare services, fights fraud, and speeds up bureaucratic processes.
Multibiometrics and the Face SDK make the entire biometric implementation process fast and efficient by requiring no prior knowledge of biometrics. Contact one of our experts for more information.
