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NYU Langone Patients Can Soon Check In By Scanning Their Hands: Here's How NYU Langone Patients Can Soon Check In By Scanning Their Hands: Here's How
NYU Langone Patients Can Soon Check In By Scanning Their Hands: Here's How A New York City-area healthcare system will allow some patients to check into its facilities with just the palm of their hand. NYU Langone Health is rolling out Amazon One, a contactless palm-scanning system, to speed up patient check-ins across its facilities, the online retail giant said in a news release on Monday, Mar. 3. The rollout of the new check-in system will begin on the week of Monday, Mar. 10. The technology, already used at Amazon Fresh grocery stores, stadiums, and airports, is being integrated into NYU Langone's check-in process to enhance efficiency and security. "One…

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by Chris Spiker
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COVID-19: Companies Moving Closer To Creating Breathalyzer Test For Virus COVID-19: Companies Moving Closer To Creating Breathalyzer Test For Virus
Covid-19: Companies Moving Closer To Creating Breathalyzer Test For Virus Seven months into the global COVID-19 pandemic, some companies may be inching closer to creating a breathalyzer-type test that could potentially identify the virus. According to new reports, researchers from the United States to Israel to Finland have been working to develop non-invasive screening solutions to test for COVID-19 through gas compounds that can be identified with the device. If completed, the device would work similarly to breathalyzers that are used by police to determine one’s blood alcohol content. Researchers across the globe have been testing respiratory samples after de…

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by Zak Failla