Secure Health ID for Payers, Patients, and Providers

Episode 52: The issues around health identification

Monday, April 12, 2010

The U.S. government is offering physicians and hospitals incentives to deploy electronic medical records. But there’s still the issue of how to properly identify patients in these systems and make sure their information is properly safeguarded. Dr. Robert Wah, chief medical officer and vice president of CSC’s North American Public Sector business unit, spoke with Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin about these issues along with some possible solutions.



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