June 25, 2013
By Peter O’Neill
The Suncoast Communities Blood Bank (SCBB) has successfully launched BIO-key’s TruDonor™ search and identification solution at all of their donor centers as reported by BIO-key International, Inc. TruDonor uses fingerprint biometrics to positively identify donors while providing security and convenience. A grant from the Venice Endowment Fund through the Gulf Coast Community Foundation to SCBB supported the purchase of the new fingerprint donor identification system.
“As a leading health-care provider in our community, it is our responsibility to stay on the cutting-edge of any technology that improves and enhances patient care. The addition of BIO-key’s TruDonor™ will allow us to operate even more safely, securely and efficiently. As a certified green business, this system also allows SCBB to continue doing its part to protect and preserve our environment through the reduced use of paper products,” said Scott Bush, Chief Executive Officer of SCBB.
SCBB serves thousands of patients each year and the new donor identification system will help it efficiently and securely detect and prevent duplicate records, protect the privacy of donors as well as eliminate errors often seen with manual registration. SCBB supports dozens of hospitals and clinics providing state-of-the-art transfusion medical service and this improvement will ensure a safer blood supply.
“We are excited to add Suncoast Communities Blood Banks to our growing family of blood center customers,” said Jim Sullivan, BIO-key Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. “By utilizing BIO-key to automate donor enrollment and check in, Suncoast will detect duplicate donor records before they are created, while reducing donor check-in to a two-second process at the registration desk. The reaction of donors and staff has been incredibly positive, as increased donor convenience benefit the entire organization. Instead of trying to determine who a donor is, staff are free to focus on making the donor’s experience a more positive one,” added Sullivan.
Six blood centers use BIO-key’s technology and over three million donor ID licenses have been issued.
“This is another example of our finger biometric technology becoming the preferred authentication and identification option for patient, donor and consumer access,” said Mike DePasquale, CEO, BIO-key. “We can say with confidence that the BIO-key family of blood centers, transfusion facilities and hospitals will continue to grow, as the security and convenience provided by our biometrics in eliminating cards and passwords enhances the identification experience for donors and staff.”
About SCBB
Suncoast Communities Blood Bank (SCBB) is a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, providing a reliable supply of safe blood products and services to our community for over 60 years. SCBB provides 100% of the blood products and services for Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System, Manatee Memorial Hospital, Lakewood Ranch Medical Center, Doctors Hospital of Sarasota, Complex Care Hospital of Ridgelake, HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Sarasota, Surgery Center at St. Andrews Venice, North Port Emergency Room, Fawcett Memorial Hospital of Port Charlotte, Englewood Community Hospital, DeSoto Memorial Hospital and Bayflite 2. SCBB is recognized as a distinguished provider with outstanding customer service and the ability to provide rare blood services onsite. For SCBB donor locations and more information, visit www.scbb.org or call 1-866-97-BLOOD.
About BIO-key
BIO-key International, Inc., headquartered in Wall, New Jersey, develops and delivers advanced identification solutions to commercial and government enterprises, integrators, and custom application developers. BIO-key’s award winning, high performance, scalable, cost-effective and easy-to-deploy biometric finger identification technology accurately identifies and authenticates users of wireless and enterprise applications. Our solutions are used in local embedded OEM products as well as some of the world’s largest identification deployments to improve security, guarantee identity, and help reduce identity theft. BIO-key’s technology is offered directly or by market leading partners around the world. (www.bio-key.com)
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