February 24, 2017 VPWG Meeting Page
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING NOTES
Attendees:
- Jim Kragh
- Jeff Brennan
- Catherine Schulten
- Adam Madlin
- Christopher Spottiswoode
- Adam Migus
- Maurizio Talamo
- Dave Burhop
- Roy Asfar
- Lin Higgins
- Linda Braun, Global Inventures
Meeting Notes:
- Jim Kragh led the call. Notes taken by Linda Braun
- Meeting was called to order at 11:03 a.m. EST
- Meeting notes. Adam Madlin moved to accept the Jan. 13, 2017 and Feb. 10, 2017 minutes. Jeff Brennan seconded the motion. There was no discussion. The motion passed unanimously.
- IPR policy reminder:
(http://wiki.idesg.org/portals/0/documents/governance/IDESG%20IPR-Policy.pdf)
- VPWG on the wiki:
(https://wiki.idesg.org/wiki/index.php?title=Vulnerable_Populations)
- VPWG Google drive:
- Roll call. Quorum was achieved.
Minutes:
- Old Business:
- Linda Braun to help Catherine Schulten get access to the wiki (In process)
- David Temoshok to help VPWG map the Minor’s Trust Framework to IDEF.
- Jeff Brennan and Jim Kragh to review the list of questions in the spreadsheet and clarify or add new ones for un-credentialed individuals.
- Jeff and Jim did not get a chance to meeting, but a discussion took place during the meeting on the subject.
- Jeff Brennan expanded on this topic – it is one thing to issue a physical card, but what happens when the card gets misplaced. The question was asked how to prepare the physical card along with some other identification process if the card is missing.
- Catherine Schulten – this topic continues to come up about vulnerable populations and their inability to carry cards from a health care perspective. Example: A foster children who gets moved from one place to another, often loses the card. Catherine did not feel that there were real solutions offered at HIMSS.
- Someone asked if there is a solution in this area? That is part of our challenge.
- Dave Burhop – you have to be careful when discussing biometrics. Was there anything at HIMSS that discussed the biometrics opportunities?
- Catherine Schulten - when someone is introduced into the health care enterprise, they don’t have a document or credentials on them.
- Lin Higgins, Veterans Advantage http://www.veteransadvantage.com/
We may have a prototype that might be helpful. We work closely with New York City – they had a program that initially focused on illegal immigrants who do not have an identity card. The initial program was successful and they followed up with an ID-MIC card with a veterans’ designation. Veterans Advantage is the benefits provider of that program. We issue a digital ID to the veterans who are enrolled. They can also get a physical card. The digital ID is free. We have a technology platform that we have used for 16 years. We started first with Amtrak and we built authentication and verification into the program. This is something we have only done with veterans but it has done a great job protecting the identity of veterans as well as authenticating them in a safe fashion.
- Jim Kragh asked whether the State of Virginia would be able to piggy back on a program similar to what Lin Higgins explained. The State of Virginia is not distributing digital ID’s at this time (only physical), but the door has been opened to issue digital credentials to non-government entities.
- Dave Burhop said he and Catherine Schulten are already planning on meeting Feb.28 with the goal of putting together a pilot in Virginia using software from Catherine’s program.
- Lin Higgins indicated that the Veterans Advantage does not charge for their services. They are a registered public benefits corporation. There is no exchange of funds.
- Jeff Brennan suggested that we consider having the Veterans Advantage folks present in more detail their program at a future VPWG meeting.
- All – reach out to Denise Tayloe individually to volunteer for categories dtayloe@privo.com
- Lin Higgins and Roy Asfar have been added to the Veterans category.
- HIMSS feedback
- Jim Kragh said identity ecosystem was mentioned twice during HIMSS. Jim reported that 43,000 people attended HIMSS. Catherine Schulten attended 12 sessions on identity and talked about the problem of identity in health care, with no specific solutions. There was a lot of “identity is important.”
- Jim mentioned an article that came out Feb. 22 “Rise of Digital Health Technologies Sparks Urgent Need for Identity Management” that he will share with the group. Someone commented that the depth of identity management was not seen at HIMSS on the floor or in major presentations. The trust framework, still is process, could help develop this in the months ahead. People are still in search of a solution.
- Identity Theft Among Veterans and Military
Lin Higgins and Roy Asfar referenced a study done by the Veterans Affairs in 2012, indicating that veterans and the military are one of the largest communities of ID theft in the country; double the general population. The situation is when veterans take government IDs into civilian workplaces where they are poorly handled. They are working with the State of Connecticut that has a statue on their books on the obligation of companies to securely store and use the Social Security numbers and information as it relates to the military service of a customer. Draft legislation has been put together that covers how an organization must handle this information. There are significant penalties for mishandling of data.
- Why is the ID theft higher among veterans? Lin indicated that the reports did not compare veteran’s information against the general population, but access to the Social Security is the Holy Grail. Someone gets the Social Security number and then they can find out all kinds of information about the person. The reports did say that veterans’ identity are protected under federal law in terms of government storage of those identifies, but in the civilian world that is not the case. Their ID needs to be protected as a civilian. Even going into a doctor’s office, has compromised their information. The identity they are using now carries too much information. However, if the Veteran’s Advantage ID or physical card gets lost or stolen, it doesn’t have any value and doesn’t comprise the owner of the card.
- Actions from today's meeting
- Jim Kragh to scan Digital health care article and send to VPWG.
- Adjournment
- Adjourn 12:59 p.m. EST
- Dave Burhop motioned to adjourn. Jim Kragh seconded.
- Next meeting – March 10, 2017.