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PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ (MARKET WIRE) 02/08/10
The Smart Card Alliance Healthcare Council will continue its focus this coming year
on educating the healthcare industry on the need for a solid, secure
identity management infrastructure, its newly elected officers said today.
The officers and steering committee that will lead the Council for the
upcoming year are:
Chair: Paul Contino, Mount Sinai Medical Center*
Vice chair: Michael Magrath, CSCIP, Gemalto
Secretary: Dale Grogan, CSCIP, LifeMed / SMART Association
Ola Martins, Oberthur Technologies
Matthew Neuman, Giesecke & Devrient
"This has been an important year for the healthcare industry, with the
federal government ready to invest over $19 billion in healthcare
information technology as a result of the ARRA HITECH Act*, and interest
growing around the use of electronic medical records," said Randy
Vanderhoof, executive director of the Smart Card Alliance. "The Healthcare
Council has made a lot of progress this year, raising awareness of the need
for a strong identity management infrastructure that is a necessary
foundation for using electronic medical records, and introducing smart
cards as a secure technology for healthcare applications."
This past year, the Healthcare Council partnered with the Secure ID
Coalition on the healthcare IT briefing in Washington, DC, "Protecting Your Health Information: Raising Public
Awareness of the Privacy and Security Challenges of Healthcare Information
Management." The Council continued educational efforts by
collaborating with the Smart Card Alliance Identity Council on two papers
addressing healthcare identity management, "Healthcare Identity Management: The Foundation for a
Secure and Trusted National Health Information Network," and "Effective Healthcare Identity Management: A Necessary
First Step for Improving U.S. Healthcare Information Systems," and
hosting the successful webinar, "Identity Management in Healthcare."
"As paper-based records become obsolete and we move to electronic methods
of record keeping, we are moving into a juncture where identity and
security are more important than ever. It is critical to put an
infrastructure in place where we can securely and accurately identify and
authenticate every individual that receives health services," said Paul
Contino, chair of the Healthcare Council. "To this end, we will continue
to advocate a healthcare infrastructure that supports strong identity and
security controls, to comment on industry and government developments, and
provide educational resources for the benefit of the industry."
The Smart Card Alliance Healthcare Council is currently developing a
position paper on healthcare data breaches and identity theft. For more
information on Council activities, visit
http://www.smartcardalliance.org/pages/activities-councils-healthcare.
*American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
About the Smart Card Alliance Healthcare Council
The Smart Card Alliance Healthcare Council brings together payers, providers, and
technologists to promote the adoption of smart cards in U.S. healthcare
organizations and within the national health IT infrastructure. The
Healthcare Council provides a forum where all stakeholders can collaborate
to educate the market on the how smart cards can be used and to work on
issues inhibiting the industry.
About the Smart Card Alliance
The Smart Card Alliance is a not-for-profit, multi-industry association
working to stimulate the understanding, adoption, use and widespread
application of smart card technology.
Through specific projects such as education programs, market research,
advocacy, industry relations and open forums, the Alliance keeps its
members connected to industry leaders and innovative thought. The Alliance
is the single industry voice for smart cards, leading industry discussion
on the impact and value of smart cards in the U.S. and Latin America. The
Smart Card Alliance also offers the Leadership, Education and Advancement
Program (LEAP) and Certified Smart Card Industry Professional (CSCIP)
program for individuals who are involved in the smart card industry. For
more information please visit http://www.smartcardalliance.org.
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Deb Montner
Montner & Associates
203-226-9290
dmontner@montner.com
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