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    A patient dies from a heart attack when health care providers mistakenly access another patient’s do-not-resuscitate order. A newborn is given another baby’s breast milk from a mother infected with hepatitis B. A woman receives a kidney transplant intended for someone else with the same name. These real tragedies resulted from mismatched health records—a common, costly, and preventable problem.

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    BackgroundAlongside the widespread consumer adoption of small but powerful portable and internet-connected electronics, such as the smartphone, we have witnessed rapid growth of technology permitting collection of health-related data. Health-grade biometric monitoring technologies (BioMeTs) often combine some version of vital sign and physical activity data. Early adopters of these tools in the…

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    The US Food and Drug Administration has granted 510(K) clearance to B-Secur’s HeartKey algorithms, opening the door to medical applications

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