The National Federation of Doctors Protests, but Other professional organizations, both from clinicians and nurses, considered the measure legal and effective.
The Coimbra local health unit wants to implement by the end of the year the control of attendance to all employees made by facial recognition.
The National Federation of Doctors has already protested considering the abusive measure. The board of directors advocates change for effectiveness and by preventing propagation of infections.
The pediatric hospital will be the first to use the new facial recognition system for the registration of inputs and exits of all employees which should occur by May.
Then the abandonment of the current fingerprint system will be extended to the remaining ULS units of Coimbra.
No figures were disclosed about the investment but guarantees the chairman of the Board of Directors who compensates for the benefits.
Despite the opposition of the National Federation of Doctors already other professional organizations, both clinicians and nurses, considered the legal measure.
In addition to the time effectiveness that management alleges for registration and lower fault propensity, change also allows improvements in the systematization of the data of each employee
