Privacy and Security Tiger Team recommends federal PKI cross-certification for all NwHIN participants

In the latest round of security recommendations for the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN), the Privacy and Security Tiger Team (a workgroup of the federal Health IT Policy Committee that advises the National Coordinator for Health…

The right to sue remains an important element of contract-based governance models

Among the gaps a formal governance system for the NHIN is intended to fill is the inability for organizations without a government contract or grant to sue the government; this lack of privity is cited by…

ONC focus on NHIN governance presents opportunity to establish acceptable security and privacy standards

According to an article yesterday from Government Health IT, the Office of the National Coordinator is getting ready to address a more complete set of rules of behavior and other requirements for participation in the Nationwide…

Contrasting trust models under development for NHIN and NHIN Direct

The Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN), a government-sponsored initiative started in 2004 and re-emphasized in the Health Information Technology for Clinical and Economic Health (HITECH) Act, is no longer envisioned as a “network” at all (in…

NHIN begins to look at user-level authentication

During the 2008 trial implementations process and subsequent limited production operation of the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN), health information exchange between two participating entities relies on authentication at the entity (that is, organization) level, rather…