re:ID Podcast

HealtheLink is a health information exchange in western N.Y. that wanted to help health care providers give patients better care. Instead of having to carry around multiple medical records from different doctors the exchange enables providers to look up records from different provider via a secure network. But securing this network is a difficult task. Gina Jordan, contributing editor at Regarding ID, spoke with Dan Porreca, executive director at HealtheLink, about the network's choice of Anakam for strong authentication. She also spoke with Dr. William Braithwaite, chief medical officer at Anakam, to find out how the system works.

When it comes to deploying an identification system the focus is typically on the technology and not the legal aspect of a system. While this is a cutting edge area of law it's starting to get some attention. Tom Smedinghoff, a partner at Wildman Harrold, is chairman of an American Bar Association Task Force (http://www.abanet.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=CL320041) that is exploring the legal issues around identification. Smedinghoff spoke with Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin about this area of law, what his task force is working on and commented on the federal government's efforts to secure online transactions for consumers (http://www.secureidnews.com/2010/04/01/white-house-wants-online-authentication-standards).

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.

USB drives and other forms of external memory don't mean much to most people, insert, download files and move on. But if an individual is storing personal information, or worse yet other people's personal information, it can be a problem if these devices are lost or stolen. Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin talks with Neville Pattinson, vice president of government affairs and business development at Gemalto North America, about some of the concerns surrounding these memory sticks and some of the precautions organizations can take.

Palm vein biometrics is touted as a secure, hygienic biometric technology. Vic Harring, vice president of sales and business development at the advanced technology group for Fujistu Frontech North America, spoke with Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin about the company's newest scanner and where he sees it being deployed.

Community colleges have typically had student ID cards but have not had many applications for them. Jay Summerall, president and founder at CardSmith, says this is changing and talks about the community campus market and the company's new product with CR80News Editor Zack Martin.

The FBI's upgrading of its IAFIS program to a next-generation identification program is a huge undertaking. Lockheed Martin was awarded the 10-year contract to upgrade the program, which recently reached it's first milestone. Mike Moore, director of the next generation ID program at Lockheed Martin, talks with Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin about the recent milestone and where the program is headed.

Health care is not only a hot political topic but also one of great interest in the identification industry. How patients and caregivers will be identified is a discussion taking place all over the country. Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin talks with Randy Vanderhoof executive director of the Smart Card Alliance, about the organization's health care initiatives in 2010.

Within the next six months Mexico will start enrolling up to 110 million citizen in its multi-modal biometric ID card system. Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin speak with Terry Hartmann, vice president of identity solutions at Unisys, about the program and why it's groundbreaking.

Many European countries are starting to issue electronic IDs to citizens. Frost & Sullivan Analyst Yiru Zhong talk about the different initiatives with Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin.