Anakam and Axolotl Corp. are working together to support a project designed to show how strong user authentication and identity proofing can be implemented successfully within a health information exchange. Powered by Axolotl’s Elysium® Exchange, the Santa Cruz Health Information Exchange (HIE) is implementing Anakam Identity Suite® to provide secure access to its community through a versatile, cost-effective, and scalable identity proofing and multi-factor authentication platform.
This service eliminates the need for Santa Cruz HIE to issue physical tokens, cards, or special devices to physicians, patients, and others who need secure access to health information. The Anakam Identity Suite is unique and easy to deploy, and specifically created to deliver NIST Level 3 authentication through the use of an out-of-band (OOB) expiring one-time pass code (OTP) delivered via mobile phone, office phone, email, or voice biometrics.
Working with the California Office of Health Information Integrity (CalOHII), the Santa Cruz HIE has designed a use case to assist in the development of state legislation around the security and privacy of patient information in electronic health records. ”Patient and provider trust in a health information exchange is established through consistent and well implemented privacy and security practices,” stated Dr. Bill Braithwaite, Anakam Chief Medical Officer. ”Anakam is pleased to be working with Axolotl and Santa Cruz HIE in the forefront of efforts to assist healthcare providers as they incorporate electronic health records into their practices.”
Axolotl and Anakam are working together to integrate the full capabilities of the Anakam Identity Suite® that includes user registration, fraud detection, anti-phishing, and multi-channel authentication through non-proprietary devices to offer to its existing and growing list of HIE customers. “Patient care will be radically improved as physicians and other providers have protected access to complete patient data online,” said Bill Beighe, CIO of Santa Cruz HIE. “Federal and state regulations around electronic records are evolving. Using the Anakam Identity Suite® will help keep patient information secure and allow appropriate sharing between healthcare providers without undue burdens.”
