Patient misidentification can lead to significant consequences for hospitals, including medical errors, duplicate medical records, reduced clinical productivity and revenue loss, according to an ...

Patient misidentification is a growing problem in the U.S., with dangerous and even fatal consequences. Traditional identification methods, such as using patient names and dates of birth, are prone to ...

Market research and other data suggest that the market for facial recognition technology has increased in the number and types of businesses that use it since a Government Accountability Office (GAO) ...

Imprivata’s 2016 National Patient Misidentification Report found patient identification errors are a major drain on money and time. The report surveyed 502 top-level healthcare executives and ...

Israel's military chief said early on Wednesday that ‘misidentification’ led to strikes that killed seven international aid workers in Gaza. “It was a mistake that followed a misidentification – at ...

Patients with a neurologic injury who develop the belief that known people are imposters (Capgras syndrome) or that strangers are actually loved ones in disguise (Fregoli syndrome) may have a single ...