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The Balance Between Promoting Data Sharing and Ensuring the Privacy and Security of Sensitive Health Information

Healthcare IT Today

Most of the data that we are looking to share is highly sensitive health information, the kind of information that cybercriminals love to hold for ransom. A clear definition of what is considered sensitive information subject to such rules and directives has not yet been established.

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Simple definition of ABAC and #FHIR

Healthcare Exchange Standards

Users are grouped into "clearances" (aka roles); this might be a FHIR PractitionerRole, CareTeam, RelatedPerson, and Group; but might be something non-FHIR (aka OAuth, LDAP, etc). A good example is Observation.category code of 'vital-signs' -- indicates vital signs that are normal health information of no stigmatizing sensitivity.

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IHE IT-Infrastructure Spring 2023

Healthcare Exchange Standards

The first is the ability to exchange a list of health data locations, which enables Record Locator Services to interoperate with consumers wishing to discover the location of patient records within a health information exchange. This Provenance definition is now in mXDE along with examples and requirements CapabilityStatement.

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FHIR documents in XDS

Healthcare Exchange Standards

How does one put a FHIR Document into XDS? How does one find a FHIR Document in XDS? To learn more on Document Sharing, start here: Eating an Elephant -- How to approach IHE documentation on Health Information Exchange (HIE) So the Document Sharing family is a Content Agnostic mechanism for sharing Patient specific Documents.

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FHIR Security & Privacy activities

Healthcare Exchange Standards

This is an update of what is going on in Security and Privacy in, and around, the FHIR specification. This is an update of what is going on in Security and Privacy in, and around, the FHIR specification. GDPR driven activities: The Security WG has done an assessment of FHIR in the context of GDPR.

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IHE IT-Infrastructure Fall 2023

Healthcare Exchange Standards

This winter quarter will be a lighter load, recognizing the holidays: Patient Scheduling, prospective look at FHIR R5/6, and evaluating impact of Gender Harmony. The Non-Patient File Sharing (NPFS) Profile defines how to share non-patient files such as clinical workflow definitions, domain policies, and stylesheets.

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The Role of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) in Facilitating Seamless Data Sharing Among Healthcare Entities

Healthcare IT Today

Etienne Boshoff, Managing Director at EHR Enhancify Healthcare interoperability is advancing through the adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs), standardized APIs like FHIR, and emerging technologies such as blockchain. These challenges can be effectively addressed through several strategies.