title: Technology. Hospitals now use palm readers for patient identification. Registration may be streamlined, but some wonder if it's worth the cost.
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McKinney
mesh_terms: D000289:Admitting Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001699:Biometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D003219:Confidentiality; D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007449:Investments; D010355:Patient Identification Systems; D014481:United States