Beware of hospitals asking for your palm print

Some hospitals are now asking their patients to scan their palms, ostensibly to compile a biometric data base to prevent identity theft.

Don't do it! Nor is the palm scan mandatory; it's purely optional. But they won't volunteer that information unless you ask.

Natasha Singer reports for the New York Times, Nov. 10, 2012, that she was told they needed to scan her palm "for her file" when she recently visited a doctor’s office at…