{"id":639,"date":"2006-11-15T11:20:14","date_gmt":"2006-11-15T19:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=639"},"modified":"2006-11-15T11:22:06","modified_gmt":"2006-11-15T19:22:06","slug":"this-wont-hurt-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/?p=639","title":{"rendered":"This won't hurt much"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following piece<\/a> from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has led me to start a “Believe it or not” tag for my blog. <\/p>\n

A Winnipeg dentist has adopted a system that allows patients to announce their arrival with a touch of their fingers \u00e2\u20ac\u201d which has raised the eyebrows of some privacy experts.<\/p>\n

Tim Dumore started fingerprinting his orthodontic patients about six months ago.<\/p>\n

He has installed a biometrics system that allows his patients, most of whom are children, to sign in without telling a receptionist. On arriving, they touch their finger to a pad at the front desk and a computer sends a message to staff workstations.<\/p>\n

While Dumore says most of his patients and their parents have willingly co-operated, he admits some have been reluctant.<\/p>\n

“It can seem Big Brotherish,” he said. “But we can reassure them that we're using proper security protocols.”<\/p>\n

The University of Manitoba's faculty of dentistry also fingerprints its patients.<\/p>\n

A Winnipeg dentist has adopted a system that allows patients to announce their arrival with a touch of their fingers \u00e2\u20ac\u201d which has raised the eyebrows of some privacy experts.<\/p>\n

Tim Dumore started fingerprinting his orthodontic patients about six months ago.<\/p>\n

He has installed a biometrics system that allows his patients, most of whom are children, to sign in without telling a receptionist. On arriving, they touch their finger to a pad at the front desk and a computer sends a message to staff workstations.<\/p>\n

While Dumore says most of his patients and their parents have willingly co-operated, he admits some have been reluctant.<\/p>\n

“It can seem Big Brotherish,” he said. “But we can reassure them that we're using proper security protocols.”<\/p>\n

The University of Manitoba's faculty of dentistry also fingerprints its patients.<\/p>\n

Continue Article<\/p>\n

Michael Lasko, registrar of the Manitoba Dental Association, thinks it could be the way of the future for identifying patients in dentistry and medicine.<\/p>\n

“It's probably the easiest and most secure method of maintaining patient privacy,” said Lasko.<\/p>\n

He said fingerprints help patients maintain their anonymity by eliminating the need for conversations about personal health information at the reception desk.<\/p>\n

Biometrics are being used to identify patients in medical and dental practices around the world.<\/p>\n

But for Winnipeg privacy lawyer Brian Bowman, it raises all sorts of red flags. He worries that fingerprints, especially those of children, are being used simply for convenience.<\/p>\n

“I think a lot of people are going to be asking the question: ‘Why do you need to be collecting such sensitive data, and is it really necessary?’ ” he said.<\/p>\n

Bowman says the practice could run afoul of privacy laws and there's the potential that those who refuse to provide their fingerprints might not receive treatment.<\/p>\n

Dumore says his fingerprinting program is strictly optional.<\/p>\n

But given the initial response, he expects he will soon have almost all his patients’ fingerprints on file.<\/p>\n

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According to dentist Tim Dunmore, collecting patient fingerprints can seem Big Brotherish, but he can reassure them that he's using proper security protocols. I wonder what they are?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}