BIO-key International, Inc. announced that longstanding customer Paulding County Hospital (PCH) is deploying BIO-key's PortalGuard® Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) cloud platform to leverage its existing investment in BIO-key's biometric authentication solution as it migrates to Epic Hyperdrive. The new browser-based Epic Hyperdrive electronic health records system is replacing Epic's legacy Hyperspace application. Recognizing the importance of efficient and secure access to critical healthcare applications, PCH is deploying PortalGuard IDaaS in conjunction with Epic Hyperdrive to extend its use of BIO-key's biometrics capabilities to ensure strict compliance with patient privacy regulations such as HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) in the cloud.

By deploying PortalGuard with BIO-key biometrics, PCH avoids system- wide user re-enrollment or the adoption of more cumbersome, expensive, or less secure shared authentication solutions. In addition, PortalGuard's SAML-based Single Sign-On (SSO) Identity Provider capabilities will deliver secure, streamlined, multi-factor authentication for other hospital software applications. Driving the PCH project timeline is the Epic requirement that their customers migrate to Hyperdrive by the November 2023 release deadline.

BIO-key's patented software and hardware solutions, with Identity-Bound Biometric (IBB) capabilities, enable large-scale Identity-as-a- Service (IDaaS) solutions, as well as customized on-premises solutions.