Biometric Technology and Digital Medical Records : Transforming Emergency Response for World Cup 2034 Travelers || Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia is preparing to host the FIFA World Cup 2034, in such events there are questions that arise due to the size of this event when it comes to the safety of millions of people from across the globe. Two important issues rise to the top in this case; the first and most important being how the emergency response is to be coordinated, The other major concern is how to attend to the emergency needs of the diverse populace most of whom are likely to have an individual medical history.
Paper-based methods of patient identification and record retrieval need more time and can be inaccurate, especially at a time when, for example, a person needs an urgent process. Nevertheless, by incorporating biometric technology into Digital Medical Records the following problems can be solved.
What follows are thoughts on the challenges identified with large-scale events and the possible benefits of this strategy that I love to see used by Saudi Arabia that could prove beneficial to travelers.
1. Managing Emergency Response
1.1. Diverse Medical Histories
The difficulty in handling emergencies at a global event such as the World Cup is that everyone has a different medical history. If there are several countries involved, everyone comes with quite individual health conditions and treatments, diseases, and allergies. That is why in case of an emergency, medical specialists should have access to accurate information that will help deliver the correct treatment. acquiring this information from people is efficiently tiresome not to mention that it may be wrong, and sometimes you may not know who is this patient.
1.2. Identification Challenges
Identifying people especially those who are unconscious, confused, or incapacitated is quite a challenge. ID may not always be easily available, including passports and formally issued ID cards. This can result in a delay in responding to an emergency or resulting in poor personal medication.
2. Biometric Technology and Digital Medical Recordss
2.1. Centralized Digital Medical Recordss Managed by the Saudi Government
To overcome these challenges Saudi Arabia can manage a central Digital Medical Records for all the World Cup visitors. At registration, the visitor will be asked to fill in a medical questionnaire referring to his/her current diseases and sicknesses, the medications taken now and in the past, exclusivities, and recent medical tests. This information shall be stored in a secure, government-owned, and controlled online database that only licensed doctors can retrieve during emergencies.
Better Medication and Hospitality: This system makes it possible to, in case of an emergency, access details of a traveler’s health and provide him or her with the right treatment promptly. For instance, the health records will come in handy when a traveler has a known allergy to a particular drug, it will be easy to avoid a fatal problem. Also when the patient has a chronic disease, better care is provided using the digital profile, because those treating the patient will have known him or her.
2.2. Biometric Identification: Enhancing Speed and Accuracy
Face Recognition: Bio-identification is the most important element of this system. Digital Medical Recordss will be also linked to the traveler through the facial recognition technology system. During an emergency, for example, during an accident, a scan of the traveler’s face can give instant access to his/her medical history thus doing away with the use of papers or speaking to anyone.
Hand Geometry and Other Biometric Methods: hand geometry which is the study of the size and shape of the hand can be used as the second biometric feature. This provides a useful supplement to facial recognition where, for instance, a person has sustained a facial injury.
The system may also use other modes of biometric types of equipment including the use of iris recognition or fingerprint scan to make sure that travelers can be easily identified at any time.
3. Benefits of the Integrated System
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3.1. Enhanced Emergency Response
The biggest gain is the enhanced response to the situation and correspondingly higher accuracy in the case of using biometric technology in cooperation with Digital Medical Recordss. It also has benefits for medical personnel, as people can be identified and their medical records accessed in a matter of time enhancing the chances of fast and accurate treatment. This is especially important for cases where such a few seconds may be the difference between life and death.
3.2. Better Health Management and Hospitality
As for patients with chronic diseases, the system controls the quality of care they get while traveling in a foreign country. It also lessens the burden on local medical facilities as the medical teams are more knowledgeable about various health problems.
4. Challenges and Considerations
4.1. Privacy and Data Security
However, this leads to the question of how the necessary health as well as biometric data are to be protected from third parties. This information, however, needs to be kept very secure and confidential and the Saudi government should ensure that there is comprehensive encryption and access controls over this data.
4.2. Technological Integration and International Cooperation
Combining multiple types of biometrics and, in addition to this, synchronizing them with the concept of Digital Medical Recordss need high tech and large capital investment. Further, cooperation at the global level is important to bring medical data to an international level of consistency and to check whether the system would be capable of handling people worldwide with varied health profiles of different countries.
5. Conclusion
Combining biometric technology with Digital Medical Records which are under control by the Saudi government holds a unique way of dealing with emergencies at the World Cup. This innovation can save lives and improve the general experience of millions of travelers since it manages to overcome the difficulties of identifying people and accessing their health records.
Even though problems like Privacy and technological integration are some of the issues that must be well addressed, the advantages of receiving faster, more accurate, and more personalized treatment whenever an emergency takes place. That is why, if Saudi Arabia is to steer this way, it might reshape the standards of event management and traveler protection around the globe.
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