ID.me and Gravity Diagnostics to Highlight Best Practices for Identity Verification, Patient Experience, and Healthcare Interoperability at HIMSS

Demand for ID.me secure, frictionless identity verification increases as healthcare entities create Qualified Health Information Networks

ID.me, the secure digital identity network with 80 million users, and Gravity Diagnostics, a state-of-the-art laboratory, will hold a panel discussion at the 2022 HIMSS Global Health Conference about the rapidly changing healthcare identity verification landscape. ID.me CEO and founder Blake Hall and Mike Tarwater, Gravity Diagnostics’ vice president of information technology, will discuss how modern identity verification can help organizations meet the demand for secure electronic healthcare solutions.

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ID.me and Gravity began partnering to address patient experience challenges at drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites. Leveraging ID.me’s identity proofing technology and growing network, Gravity cut patient registration time in half.

“One of the things we want to do at Gravity is really focus on the patient, which means that we’re building out the opportunity to build an electronic medical record as a laboratory and not be focused on just one transaction at a time,” said Tarwater.

In the panel, Hall will also highlight the role of Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs) and the need for identity verification to foster healthcare interoperability. Sign-up friction and a lack of secure access to health records often stand in the way of improved patient care. QHINs will unify disjointed industry practices and enable electronic health information (EHI) to move with patients.

Many QHINs, health information exchanges, and electronic health records providers are pursuing National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) IAL2/AAL2 solutions as a way to prevent patient personally identifiable information (PII) from falling into the wrong hands. This trend is driven by recommendations from leading industry not-for-profit associations, including CARIN Alliance and CommonWell Health Alliance. Adoption of federal digital identity guidelines protects patients by ensuring they are who they claim to be before accessing electronic healthcare records. Identity verification providers can affirm they comply with NIST standards through certification by the Kantara Initiative, which develops standards for identity and data management.

ID.me identity verification aligns with the highest federal standards recommended by industry trade associations and under consideration by the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). ID.me is also certified by the Kantara Initiative as a NIST 800-63-3 IAL2 conformant credential service provider. The ID.me digital identity network offers a seamless user experience, empowering patients to easily verify their identity online only once.

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