A person scan your palm with Amazon One.
Courtesy of Amazon
Patients in the health centers of Nyu Langone will soon be able to register in search of appointments using Amazon Palm-Scanning Technology, the company announced Monday.
The service without contact, called Amazon One, can identify patients “safely and quickly,” according to a statement. Nyu Langone said technology will help it accelerate the signatories, relieve administrative tension in staff and reduce errors and waiting times.
For a health system that manages more than 10 million visits to patients every year, every minute counts. With Amazon One, Nyu Langone anticipates that he can reduce the time that patients spend in their front desks of approximately two to three minutes less than a minute, said Andrew Rubin, senior vice president of clinical matters of Nyu Langone, to CNBC.
“That is a positive experience so that the patient can enter faster, and requires less work on our part to have to authenticate who the patient is,” Rubin said.
Amazon will not store or access the health data or personal information of patients beyond their palm impressions, said Nyu Langone. Participation is voluntary and patients may choose not to participate at any time.
Nyu Langone operates six hospitals and more than 320 outpatient facilities, and is the first medical care organization to implement Amazon One. Collaboration has had about nine months in creation, said Nader Mherabi, Digital Director E of Nyu Langone information.
Amazon said he plans to explore additional applications for Amazon One within medical care in the future, such as proving access to high security areas and shared computer systems.
The company introduced Amazon One in its Go Cashierless stores in 2020, and was implemented in all Whole Foods Market locations in 2023. Nyu Langone will be the largest deployment of third -party Amazon One to date.
The service will be available at Nyu Langone sites in the New York metropolitan area starting next week, and will expand to other places this year.
Amazon and Nyu Langone did not reveal the terms of the agreement.
– Annie Palmer of CNBC contributed to this report.
