[Med-privacy] Patient ID Standard

[Peter Marshall]

*** Federal Commission Recommends Patient ID Standard ***

The Commission on Systemic Interoperability released its final report 
to the Senate and House of Representatives on October 25 recommending 
that the government should develop a national patient authentication 
standard that protects individuals' information and lead an effort to 
offer financial incentives to providers in order to foster the 
electronic exchange of health information. The report calls for a 
uniform federal health information privacy standard that would overrule 
state laws, as well as financial incentives for healthcare providers 
and the elimination of regulations that could slow the adoption of 
interoperable electronic health records (EHRs). The 11-member body made 
recommendations for standardizing systems that identify patients and 
assemble records. The report states a national ID number would be one 
way to standardize.

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