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11th Floor Sandton City Office Towers Sandton
What is TRU-Me?
Patient data management platform that aids in identity authentication and verification.
- Patient fingerprint identification
- Patient detail verification
Targets
- Doctor’s rooms
- Ambulances
- Mortuaries
- Hospitals/Clinics
- Tow truck
Use cases
Identification of individuals
Identification of individuals
- At accident sites
- At mortuaries
Assist Ambulance personnel
Assists ambulance personnel on how to best assist patients by providing:
- Critical medical history
- Medical aid status
- Next of kin details
- Allergies / special conditions
- Nearest hospital in prescribed medical aid network
Verification of identity
Verification of identity
- as a measure to prevent fraud
Better tracking of patient activity
Better tracking of patient activity
- This assists in reducing costs for medical aid schemes as doctors can handle to doctor hopping cases better
- Provides doctor with better insight to patient medical history
- Gives access to other doctors’ opinions on patient
- Creates a patient database that can assist govt in health care issues from a broader perspective ( NHI in mind )
- Provides a basis for non-repudiation in fraud investigations
- Provides a basis for evidence in cases of litigation
Compliance (POPI)
Section 27 General authorisation concerning special personal information
The prohibition on processing personal information, as referred to in section 26, does not apply if the—
- processing is carried out with the consent of a data subject referred to in section 26;
- processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of a right or obligation in law;
- processing is necessary to comply with an obligation of international public law;
- processing is for historical, statistical or research purposes to the extent that—
- the purpose serves a public interest and the processing is necessary for the purpose concerned; or
- it appears to be impossible or would involve a disproportionate effort to ask for consent,
- and sufficient guarantees are provided for to ensure that the processing does not adversely affect the individual privacy of the data subject to a disproportionate extent;
- information has deliberately been made public by the data subject; or
- provisions of sections 28 to 33 are, as the case may be, complied with.
Transparent data usage policy on website / software interfaces.
Explicit consent during enrolment
Role based access of data on platform protects user data.
Non-display of sensitive data (e.g. ID numbers)
TRU-me uses fingerprint as the preferred biometric.
Security
Security-wise, it is a vast improvement on passwords and identity cards. Fingerprints are much harder to fake, they also change very little over a lifetime, so the data remains current for much longer than photos and passwords.
Cost effective
From a technology management perspective, fingerprint recognition is now a cost-effective security solution. Small hand-held scanners are easy to set up and benefit from a high level of accuracy.
Ease of use
For the user they are simple and easy to use. No more struggling to remember your last password or being locked out due to leaving your photo ID at home. Your fingerprints are always with you.
Non-transferable
Fingerprints are non-transferrable, ruling out the sharing of passwords or ‘clocking in’ on behalf of another colleague. This allows for more accurate tracking of workforce and provides additional security against the theft of sensitive materials.
Cost
it is true that fingerprint recognition systems are more cost effective than ever, but for smaller organisations the cost of implementation and maintenance can still be a barrier to implementation. This disadvantage is lessening as devices become more cost effective and affordable.
Exclusions
While fingerprints remain relatively stable over a person’s lifetime there are sections of the population that will be excluded from using the system. For example, older people with a history of manual work may struggle to register worn prints into a system or people who have suffered the loss of fingers.
Accountability
Using fingerprint recognition also provides a higher level of accountability at work. Biometric proof you have been present when a situation or incident has occurred.
System failures
Scanners are subject to the same technical failures and limitations as all other electronic identification systems such as power outages, errors and environmental factors.
Get In Touch
Contact Info
SA Office
11th Floor
Sandton City
Office Towers
Sandton
Mail Us
info@tru-me.co.zaOpening Hours
Mon-Fri: 08:00-17:00
Sat-Sun: 08:00-14:00