Facial Recognition Technology in 2021: Masks, Bias, and the Future of Healthcare.
- Resource Type
- Editorial
- Authors
- Libby, Christopher; Ehrenfeld, Jesse
- Source
- Journal of Medical Systems. Apr2021, Vol. 45 Issue 4, p1-3. 3p.
- Subject
- *IDENTIFICATION
*SERIAL publications
*PATIENTS
*MEDICAL care
*MACHINE learning
*BIOMETRY
*TECHNOLOGY
*COVID-19 pandemic
- Language
- ISSN
- 0148-5598
The article focuses on the Facial Recognition Technology in 2021. Topics discussed include Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) may have started as a science fiction dream, but over the past 20 years technological advances have made FRT possible in many industries; and it has been increasingly utilized in healthcare for its perceived accuracy in identifying individuals and has been suggested as a way to improve the security of patient health information.