Industry Leaders Gather to Address the Advancement of Open and
Interoperable Identity Management Solutions in the Healthcare Sector
WASHINGTON, April 7 -The Liberty Alliance Project, the global consortium developing open standards for federated identity, interoperable strong authentication and identity-enabled Web services, today announced its first eHealth workshop to take place from 1:00 to 5:00 PM on April 26th in Washington DC. This free event will be held at the Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner and is open to all individuals interested in discussing issues and potential solutions to the technology and policy challenges surrounding identity management in the healthcare sector.
The workshop will be a lively discussion in developing strategies and solutions regarding collaboration and public/private partnerships to foster adoption of open standards, authentication, and the Federal Health Architecture for the National Health Information Network (NHIN) and regional health information networks. Confirmed speakers include Kelly Cronin (ONCHIT), David Temoshok and Marc Wine (GSA), Tom Leary and Pete Palmer(HIMSS Advocacy and RHIO Federation). Anyone interested in attending the workshop can register and get more information by visiting https://www.projectliberty.org/scripts/workshop_ehealth_apr26.asp
Liberty formed its eHealth group last year to advance interoperable and privacy-respecting standards for federated identity management and identity-enabled Web services in the healthcare sector. Members work collectively to address the technology, privacy and policy issues surrounding identity management in healthcare applications. Over 100 members from the global healthcare community currently participate in Liberty's eHealth group.
About the Liberty Alliance Project
The Liberty Alliance Project is a global alliance of companies, non-profit and government organizations developing open standards for federated network identity, interoperable strong authentication (ID-SAFE) and Web services. Liberty Federation, which consists of ID-FF 1.1, 1.2 and SAML 2.0 specifications, and Liberty Web Services, which consists of ID-WSF 1.0, 1.1, provide consumers and organizations with a more convenient and secure way to control online identity information. A list of deploying organizations along with details about deployments in vertical market segments is available at http://www.projectliberty.org/about/marketadoption.php. Liberty Alliance is the only global identity organization with a Public Policy Expert Group (PPEG) offering guidance and best practices on privacy within all Liberty deployments. Membership in Liberty Alliance is open to all commercial and
non-commercial organizations. A full list of members, as well as information about how to become a member, is available at http://www.projectliberty.org/membership
CONTACT:
Russell DeVeau
Liberty Alliance Communications
718-263-1762 - New York
908-251-1549 - Mobile
russ@projectliberty.org
russ.deveau@verizon.net
AOL IM: devcommruss
