Episode 54: Strong authentication for health information networks

04/28/10 • 7 min

HealtheLink is a health information exchange in western N.Y. that wanted to help health care providers give patients better care. Instead of having to carry around multiple medical records from different doctors the exchange enables providers to look up records from different provider via a secure network. But securing this network is a difficult task. Gina Jordan, contributing editor at Regarding ID, spoke with Dan Porreca, executive director at HealtheLink, about the network's choice of Anakam for strong authentication. She also spoke with Dr. William Braithwaite, chief medical officer at Anakam, to find out how the system works.

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Episode 53: Exploring the law around identity

When it comes to deploying an identification system the focus is typically on the technology and not the legal aspect of a system. While this is a cutting edge area of law it's starting to get some attention. Tom Smedinghoff, a partner at Wildman Harrold, is chairman of an American Bar Association Task Force (http://www.abanet.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=CL320041) that is exploring the legal issues around identification. Smedinghoff spoke with Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin about this area of law, what his task force is working on and commented on the federal government's efforts to secure online transactions for consumers (http://www.secureidnews.com/2010/04/01/white-house-wants-online-authentication-standards).

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