A UK start-up aims to revolutionise the way people and businesses store, share and manage their health data.
Tested.me, a new app developed in response to COVID-19, aims to help businesses reopen responsibly and give employees and customers more confidence when returning to their work and social life.
In development since March 2020, the app provides businesses with a unique symbol which customers, employees and visitors can scan, allowing businesses to track who has been in their building. The business’ dashboard is populated with customer and employee data and health profiles to help keep their premises open safely.
Tested.me first launched a ‘customer registration solution’ which allows businesses to register customers for free through the use of a unique ID symbol. The company has since released a health ID verification app for individuals and has developed paid business plans to include a thermal camera integration for detecting fever.
Currently in its beta phase, the app is used by just over 400 businesses and organisations in the UK, including restaurants, bars, beauty salons, sports clubs and schools.
Speaking to Health Tech World, CEO of tested.me, Simon Osman said: “We have worked with an AI professor at Complutense University of Madrid to allow computer vision to connect with defined patterns.
“Every Me symbol generated is unique to each individual and securely linked to their personal profile. The Me symbol is currently going through rigorous security and performance testing before it’s pushed to production.”
Tested.me users can access their data anywhere and anytime, according to Osman. To combat the risk of impersonation fraud, tested.me has replaced the traditional password-based authentication for an AI-powered identify verification technology designed by US company, Jumio.
Osman said: “Over 1 billion patient health records can be obtained on the dark web and more records are being added daily. For this reason, it is essential that companies can verify that a person accessing information is who they say they are.
“A crucial component to this is a strong Know Your Patient (KYP) process. It all begins when a person opens their account. The process starts by requiring the individual to capture a picture of their government-issued ID via their smartphone, and then take a corroborating selfie.
“A 3D face map is created to ensure the person behind the ID is the person creating the account. Behind the scenes, Jumio’s identity verification solution ensures that the ID document is authentic and that the person pictured in the selfie matches the picture on the ID.
“We can then authenticate customers on each subsequent login by capturing a new 3D face map and comparing it to the original one captured at enrollment. This matching ensures that the person logging in is the same person who created the online account.”
The app was launched as a direct response to COVID-19 to help businesses return to a new sense of normal, however the start-up says its potential extends beyond the pandemic.
Osman said: “Our mission is to revolutionise the way people own, access and share their personal health data.
“We want to put more people in control of their own health records and we want to help businesses securely access the information they need to reopen and stay open, responsibly.
“Our broader vision is to provide the developed and developing world with an ethical data platform, powered by a unique symbol tied to a mobile and offline digital ID. We want to give people back control of their information, while giving them a tool to share, delete and receive information on their terms.”
