U.K., April 8 -- Mastercard has partnered with digital healthcare platform b.well Connected Health to provide users with a new way to prove their identity when accessing healthcare services.

The b.well platform brings together patient data across providers, insurers, pharmacies, and a patient's own apps and devices, so people can share their information, manage their medications, understand their costs, and receive personalised health insights and alerts. With the introduction of Mastercard's ID Verification service, b.well users will be able to securely verify their identity in real time via their mobile phones.

This replaces traditional processes with physical documents like a driver's license. Mastercard's ID Verification service use...