Re: [Health] Biometrics

[Luis Falcon]

Dear Alejandro

On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 13:38:34 -0300
Alejandro Fernandez Herrero <address@hidden> wrote:

> Dear Robert
> 
> I  think this added it is a must.
> I was working with some fingerprint reader (like U.r.U. 4500/5000 and
> Secu Gen) those are one of the cheapest reader.
> I offer me to integrate a group of person to add this capabilities to
> GNU Health.
> Maybe Luis can guide us to begin with this challenge.

Thanks a lot for volunteering working on this !

From the software side on fingerprinting readers, looks like the project
fprint[1] it's been for a while, and it could be used as a Tryton
plugin (for person / patient identification) and also, to complement
the login process[2]

1.- http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/
2.- https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fprint

All the best,
Luis

> 
> *Alejandro Fernández Herrero*
> *Gerente de Producto*
> Qubit SA
> 
> 2015-06-15 8:36 GMT-03:00 Robert Schilt <address@hidden>:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > A window of opportunity has opened up and we have been asked to
> > provision a GNU Server for a proof of concept at one of the
> > Provincial Health Authorities in Papua New Guinea. I say
> > "opportunity" because open source in health in Papua New Guinea is
> > unfortunately scarce. We are hoping to change this.
> >
> > One of the key questions we will be asked is around biometrics and
> > whether GNU Health supports finger / palm reader devices out of the
> > box.
> >
> > Is any one able to point me to any notes / case study or url
> > talking more about this aspect of Patient Identification.
> >
> > Perhaps someone has used a specific barnd of device that they might
> > like to recommend.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Robert Schilt
> > Kuakawa Solutions
> > Papua New Guinea
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >