World Class Healthcare Technology Providers Presenting BIO-key Fingerprint Authentication at HIMSS 2014

WALL, NJ--(Marketwired - Feb 20, 2014) -  BIO-key International, Inc. (OTCQB: BKYI), a global leader in fingerprint biometric identification solutions, advanced mobile authentication and identity assurance technologies, today announced that the Company's healthcare integration partners including Allscripts (#3944), Caradigm (#1047), Epic (2139), HealthCast Solutions (#7045) and Key Source International (#1122) will be presenting our fingerprint authentication solutions for EHR and patient identification at HIMSS 2014, February 23^rd - 27^th, Orlando Convention Center, Orlando, Florida.

Visit BIO-key at the HealthCast Solutions booth to see a demonstration of fingerprint solutions for two-factor authentication and EPCS. A representative from Rady's Children's Hospital will be discussing the hospitals initial impression of HealthCast Solutions Single Sign-On and BIO-key's biometric fingerprint authentication. 

On Wednesday, February 26^th visit the Allscripts booth between 9:30am and 1:00pm to witness live demonstrations and sample enrollments into Allscripts TouchWorks, Sunrise Clinical Manager and Professional EHR. Learn how your organization can replace cumbersome passwords with a secure and compliant biometric solution.

"Our products enhance productivity and efficiency. Leading hospitals utilize BIO-key to reduce the organizations' reliance on passwords, meet compliance requirements for two-factor authentication and EPCS while generating more time to care for patients and enhancing the overall security of patient records," said Jay Meier, Vice President, Corporate Development at BIO-key. "Organizations benefit from our unique ability to reduce the cost of hardware associated with existing authentication platforms and replace them with flexible, scalable and interoperable software. Interoperability protects the investment and prepares the hospital's IT department for the future of biometric authentication on mobile devices."

About BIO-key
BIO-key International, Inc., headquartered in Wall, New Jersey, develops and delivers advanced identification solutions to commercial and government enterprises, integrators, and custom application developers. BIO-key's award winning, high performance, scalable, cost-effective and easy-to-deploy biometric finger identification technology accurately identifies and authenticates users of wireless and enterprise applications. Our solutions are used in local embedded OEM products as well as some of the world's largest identification deployments to improve security, guarantee identity, and help reduce identity theft. BIO-key's technology is offered directly or by market leading partners around the world. (http://www.bio-key.com)

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