(1) WG NAME:
Healthcare Identity Assurance (HIAWG)
(2) PURPOSE:Please provide a clear statement of purpose and justification why the proposed WG is necessary
(3) SCOPE:
The Healthcare Identity Assurance WG is chartered to:
3.5 General Goals:
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- Promote the benefits and value of Trust Frameworks
- Identify initiatives that could use Trust Frameworks to meet their regulatory requirements
- Be an active discussion arena to study 'hard problems' for interoperable identities in Healthcare
- Recommend changes to the Kantara IAF that would increase uptake by Healthcare organizations
- To act as an information gathering body within Kantara Initiative that tracks significant trends in regulation affecting Healthcare IT worldwide and to feed this information back to the appropriate groups within Kantara Initiative, and where appropriate, with recommended actions (e.g. to respond to the US Government Request for Information)
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- To provide Kantara Initiative with spokespersons on healthcare identity assurance related topics.
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- Provide Kantara Initiative with subject matter expertise regarding the unique identity management and regulatory challenges facing the healthcare industry.
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- To provide inputs for external communications, such as collateral materials and contributed articles.
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- Where appropriate, take part in the identification and planning of healthcare industry events.
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- Work with US and international groups including but not limited to: NHS-UK, National Healthcare Systems (Potentially within the following countries: Sweden, Denmark, Japan and South Korea), Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) and similar US groups to recruit them into these discussions to provide the broadest possible input.
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- Coordinate with US federal agencies involved with health care exchanges for example Veterans Administration, Indian Health Service, Department of Defense, Centers for Disease Control, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security Administration.
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- Provide input to US federal health information standards, for example HITSP and CCHIT, to ensure alignment with emerging federal standards
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3.3 Consumer health records access:
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- Discuss and
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- recommend how healthcare enterprises will deliver this functionality while meeting all regulatory obligations as set by various bodies worldwide, including the issues of patient privacy, security and patient consent issues.
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3.4 Educate the healthcare community on the principles of consumer identity management.2
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3.3.5 Coordinate with Identity Assurance and Accreditation Work Group (IAA WG).
3.3.6 Discuss and identify feasible, reliable and economic methods for consumer authentication and identification.
3.3.7 Review appropriate ASTM and similar standards surrounding patient identification and incorporate patient identification services in the discussions.
3.4 Healthcare worker health records access:
3.4.1 Develop standardized use cases for healthcare worker access to health information
3.4.2 Develop standardized use cases for healthcare worker access to healthcare information during emergencies and for natural disaster
3.4.3 Develop standards for this exchange for countries beyond the US.
3.4.4 Discuss, identify and/or develop a set of "Trust Roles" that can be exchanged between systems.
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(4) DRAFT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
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(5) OTHER DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS: Other Draft Recommendations and projected completion dates for submission for All Member Ballot.
(6) LEADERSHIP: Proposed WG Chair and Editor(s) (if any) subject to confirmation by a vote of the WG Participants.
WG Co-Chairs: Pete Palmer, Andrew Hughes
(7) AUDIENCE: Anticipated audience or users of the work.
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(10) RELATED WORK AND LIAISONS:Related work being done in other WGs or other organizations and any proposed liaison with those other WGs or organizations
Kantara Identity Assurance WG: Io inform IA WG of Healthcare requirements, regulatory impacts and industry landscape. To help create Healthcare-oriented guidance and collateral.
Kantara Attributes in Motion WG: To contribute to AIM WG understanding of Healthcare Industry attribute initiatives and requirements.
Kantara Information Sharing WG: To contribute to Information Sharing WG understanding of Healthcare Industry information sharing and meaningful consent initiatives and requirements.
Kantara User Managed Access WG: To inform UMA WG of Healthcare use cases and regulatory requirements.
(11) CONTRIBUTIONS (optional):
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