When patients are not identified correctly, bad things happen. Critical health information can be linked to a duplicate medical record or the wrong record. This affects patient safety, data integrity, and healthcare costs.
Medical identity theft is also on the rise. An estimated 2.3 million Americans or close family members had their identities stolen during or before 2014.

Average duplicate medical record rate

Average cost per duplicate medical record

Value of stolen medical info over credit cards
RightPatient® solves the patient identification challenge by acquiring and using the photo and unique biometric information of patients to accurately identify them during each encounter.
The ECRI Institute recommends that hospitals use more standard means of patient identification, which should include photographs with patient files. Read our blog post to understand more about the importance of capturing patient photos during registration: In Your Face: The Future of Federated Patient Identification























