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Authentication Solutions for the Healthcare Industry In January 2010, Anakam CTO, Brent Williams, spoke at the Health Information Standards Committee Authentication Workgroup about authentication solutions within the healthcare industry. |
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Building Trust in Health Information Exchanges In November 2009, Anakam CTO, Brent Williams, spoke at the Health Information Standards Committee Privacy and Security Workgroup about how to build trust within the HIE community. |
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ONC Commissioned Medical Identity Theft Assessment In January 2009, Booz Allen Hamilton produced a report to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) on the scope of the medical identity theft problem in the U.S. |
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Safeguarding Against and Responding to the Breach of Personally Identifiable Information In May 2007, the Office of Management and Budget issued OMB Memo M-07-16, "Safeguarding Against and Responding to the Breach of Personally Identifiable Information". This memo describes the process for mitigating the possibility of a security breach and for reporting any breaches that might occur. |
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Statement of John D. Macaulay, M.D., Anakam Vice President for Healthcare and Life Sciences In September 2006, Dr. John D. Macaulay, M.D. discussed Anakam's identity management and authentication work in the health information technology field before the Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security Workgroup of the American Health Information Community. |
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The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse A chronology of events in which personal information has been compromised including data elements useful to identity thieves, such as Social Security numbers, account numbers, and driver's license numbers. |
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) NIST sets many information security standards for the Federal Government in areas such as cryptographic technology, advanced authentication, public key infrastructure, and security management and support. |
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National Standards to Protect the Privacy of Personal Health Information The privacy provisions of the federal law, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), apply to health information created or maintained by health care providers who engage in certain electronic transactions, health plans, and healthcare clearinghouses. |
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the Privacy Rule to implement the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. |
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Health Information Technology Report HHS and its Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT have initiated actions to identify solutions for protecting personal health information through several contracts and with two health information advisory committees. |