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Patients of the NYU Langone Health facilities can soon check after appointments Amazon Palm scanning technology, the company announced on Monday.

The contactless service, called Amazon One, can identify the patients “safely and quickly” according to a publication. Nyu Langone said that the technology would help accelerate the registrations, relieve the administrative burden for employees and reduce errors and waiting times.

Every minute counts for a health system that takes over more than 10 million patient visits every year. With Amazon One, the Nyu Langone expects that it will be able to shorten the time that patients can spend about two to three minutes to less than a minute at their front students, Andrew Rubin, Nyu Langone Senior Vice President Clinical Affairs told CNBC.

“This is both a positive experience for the patient in order to actually get faster, and it requires less work for our part to have to authenticate,” said Rubin.

Amazon does not save or pick up any of the health data or personal data from patients beyond their palm prints or does not pick up, said Nyu Langone. Participation is voluntary and patients can deregister at any time.

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Nyu Langone operates six hospitals and more than 320 outpatient facilities. It is the first health organization that Amazon ever starts. The collaboration was about nine months in the creation, said Nader Mherabi, Chief Digital and Information Officer from Nyu Langone.

Amazon said that in the future it should examine additional applications for Amazon One within health care, e.g.

The company presented Amazon One in the cashier shops in 2020 and introduced itself to all locations for the Whole Foods market in 2023. Nyu Langone will be the greatest commitment of Amazon One to date.

The service will be available in the New York Metro region at the Nyu Langone locations next week and will expand to other locations this year.

Amazon and Nyu Langone have not disclosed the conditions of the business.

– Annie Palmers CNBC contributed to this report.

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