We don’t need Unique Patient Identifiers, we need ‘proof of healthcare identity’ credentials

In my last post, I maintained that individual identifiers, such as a username or user ID, as used in Informational Identity Management - legal, transactional and digital identity management - are fundamentally a kind of credential. With the advent of "…a standard unique identifier for an individual…", commonly referred to as a Unique Patient Identifier, … Continue reading We don’t need Unique Patient Identifiers, we need ‘proof of healthcare identity’ credentials →

Identity, Credential and Access Management Isn’t Exactly About Identity

This post is one in an ongoing series (starting here) in which I am developing the concept of 'Informational Identity'. Your name, your legal identities, your digital identities, are all the same kind of thing: information tools created to pick you out of a crowd, to refer to you when you are not present, to … Continue reading Identity, Credential and Access Management Isn’t Exactly About Identity →

Identity: Turtles All the Way Down

My thinking catalyzed by the great dialog among national healthcare identity experts at the ONC/CARIN Identity Summit in Washington DC June 4th, a notion I’ve been worrying for some time finally precipitated out: identity is turtles all the way down. There is not a digital identity separate and distinct from one’s legal identity. There is … Continue reading Identity: Turtles All the Way Down →