Biometrics for Telemedicine Operation and Management

The biometric methodologies and effects on telemedicine are discussed in this paper. In developed nations, the increase of the non member of the health insurance becomes a social problem. Near future, when we had operated telemedicine (especially telehomecare) via broadband circuit, a client's biometrics become more important to confirm whether or not the client is the very person who joins to the health insurance. We feel that the optical sensor (face, iris, and retina ) using the videophone system is a promising biometrics system for telehomecare. We propose the inclusion of optimized biometric methodologies and guidelines as a theme of ITU E-Health standardization and/or ISO HL7.