The ONC recently launched three videos designed to educate patients and providers about the patient’s right to their medical records and health information:
These videos explain:
1. Patients have the right to get their medical records and health information sent to an application of their choosing.
2. Providers cannot require that patients make a separate trip to their doctor’s office or hospital facility in order to request medical records or health information.
3. Providers must provide patients with other ways to make the request for medical records and health information using email, fax or online.
2 Things Providers Worry About When Electronically Sending Medical Records
1. Patient Identity – Providers worry that electronic requests are really from the patient. This is where iShare Medical℠ can help. iShare Medical℠ performs online ID-proofing of patients compliant with Federal Bridge Certificate Authority Medium so that you can trust the that the patient has been properly ID-proofed.
About ID Proofing: The National Institute of Standard and Technology has defined four levels of identity proofing know as Level of Assurance 1, Level of Assurance 2, Level of Assurance 3 and Level Assurance 4 abbreviated as LoA1, LoA2, LoA3,and LoA4, respectively. Most of health care exchanges including DirectTrust exchange data between ID-Proofed entities at LoA3 or higher.
The Federal Government also has a standard for ID-Proofing under the Federal Health Architecture. Compliance with The Federal Health Architecture is required by 23 government agencies including CMS, VA, DOD, IHS, and CDC. Under the Federal Health Architecture, patients must be ID-Proofed at Bridge Certificate Authority Medium which is a slightly higher standard above LoA3.
One can think Level of Assurance 3 (LoA3) as like have a Driver’s License and Federal Bridge Certificate Authority (FBCA) Medium as having a passport. Both are good level of assurance.
2. Security and Trust – Providers also worry about HIPAA breaches. This is another area where iShare Medical℠ can help. iShare Medical℠ performs secure encrypted transport of the medical records which are delivered to the patient.
About Security and Trust:
iShare Medical℠ is a Fully EHNAC accredited DirectTrust Anchor Health Information Services Provider (HISP). iShare Medical℠ provides ID-Proofing of providers and patients and issuance of cryptographic public and private key pairs. Think of the public key as an address of a house on the street such as 123 Main street. And, think of the private key as the key to the house. Only the owner of the house has the private key. ID-Proofing is done once per year.
Once a provider or patient has been ID-Proofed, iShare Medical℠ provides the software to encrypt medical records and transport them between ID-Proofed end points.
Plus, best of all iShare Medical℠ ID-Proofing for providers starts at just $125 for one to five users plus $99.75 per month for secure, encrypted transport of messages.
ID-Proofing for patients is just $9.99 plus $9.99 for 30 days of patient online access!
Gain peace of mind knowing that you are sending medical records to patients over a secure encrypted network! To find out more contact iShare Medical℠ at (816) 249-2555 or visit us online at www.iShareMedical.com.
Don’t delay, start securely sending medical records to patients today!