--- title: "Alliance Activities : Publications : Healthcare - Secure Technology Alliance" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-healthcare/" source_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-healthcare/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [Home](https://www.securetechalliance.org/)Alliance Activities : Publications : Healthcare # Alliance Activities : Publications : Healthcare ![](https://www.securetechalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/app-pub-healthcare.jpg) # Publications – Healthcare - [Assurance Levels Overview and Recommendations](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-assurance-levels-overview-and-recommendations/) The Smart Card Alliance developed this position paper to provide the Alliance interpretation and position on the OMB-defined levels of assurance. - [Benefits of Smart Cards versus Magnetic Stripe Cards for Healthcare Applications](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-benefits-of-smart-cards-versus-magnetic-stripe-cards-for-healthcare-applications/) This brief was developed by the Smart Card Alliance to describe the benefits of smart cards for healthcare applications and to provide a comparison with magnetic stripe cards. - [The Benefits of Strong Authentication for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-the-benefits-of-strong-authentication-for-the-center-for-medicare-and-medicaid-services/) This document was developed by the Health and Human Services Council in response to the GAO report, “Potential Uses of Electronically Readable Cards for Beneficiaries and Providers.” The document discusses the benefits of implementing strong authentication for beneficiaries and providers using smart card technology. - [Complementary Smart Card Guidance for the WEDI Health Identification Card Implementation Guide](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-complementary-smart-card-guidance-for-the-wedi-health-identification-card-implementation-guide/) Version 1.1 of the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange’s (WEDI) Health Identification Card Implementation Guide includes Integrated Circuit Cards (ICC), commonly known as smart cards, as an appropriate card type. For organizations considering upgrading their member identity cards to smart cards, this document serves as a supplement to the WEDI Health Identification Card Implementation Guide. It provides WEDI-compliant smart card designs and includes a discussion of the features and benefits of smart ID cards for healthcare providers and payers. - [Effective Healthcare Identity Management: A Necessary First Step for Improving U.S. Healthcare Information Systems](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-effective-healthcare-identity-management/) Government policy makers are looking carefully at the best ways to improve the efficiency of information systems in the healthcare industry. Much emphasis has been placed on the need for electronic health records for every American, and at ways to exchange those records at the regional, state and national levels. This brief was developed by the Smart Card Alliance to introduce the current problems with healthcare identity management, security and privacy, and propose leveraging existing federal standards and technologies already used in other government identity programs. - [EMV 101 for the Healthcare Industry](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-emv-101-for-the-healthcare-industry/) This white paper provides an educational resource on EMV chip migration for the healthcare industry. The white paper describes EMV chip technology, discusses the impact of EMV for healthcare providers and hospital systems, and outlines how the healthcare industry can prepare for EMV chip migration. - [Getting to Meaningful Use and Beyond: How Smart Card Technology Can Support Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-getting-to-meaningful-use-and-beyond/) “Meaningful use” has the top priority of today’s healthcare industry. In 2010, the government, healthcare organizations, consumers and technology providers came together to move toward interoperable electronic health records that can transform the healthcare industry. This white paper outlines the ways in which smart card-based systems can better position healthcare organizations and providers for meaningful use of electronic health records, while addressing many of the security and privacy challenges that come with electronic health records and health data exchange. - [Healthcare 2.0: A New Paradigm for a Secure and Streamlined Healthcare Industry](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-healthcare-2-0-a-new-paradigm-for-a-secure-and-streamlined-healthcare-industry/) The Smart Card Alliance Health and Human Services Council developed this infographic to depict the impact of smart card technology on the future of healthcare identity authentication and suggest how current challenges can be solved through interoperability, increased security, and multi-factor authentication. - [A Healthcare CFO’s Guide to Smart Card Technology and Applications](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-healthcare-guide-smart-card-technology-applications/) (NEW) This white paper was developed for healthcare CFOs by the Smart Card Alliance to outline the key benefits and business case for using smart cards for healthcare applications. The white paper outlines some of the major challenges faced by healthcare CFOs and discusses how smart card technology can provide innovative, practical and cost-effective solutions. - [Healthcare Identity Authentication and Payments Convergence: A Vision for the Healthcare Industry](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-healthcare-identity-authentication-and-payments-convergence-a-vision-for-the-healthcare-industry/) The Smart Card Alliance Health and Human Services Council developed this white paper to outline a vision for healthcare identity authentication and payments convergence and to provide insight into the opportunities and challenges afforded to the healthcare community as the U.S. migrates to EMV. - [Healthcare Identity Management: The Foundation for a Secure and Trusted National Health Information Network](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-healthcare-identity-management/) Policy makers are looking carefully at the best ways to improve our healthcare system with much emphasis being placed on the need for electronic health records for every American. This effort also includes creating an infrastructure to allow the exchange of these records at the regional, state and national levels. This paper introduces the current challenges and explains why identity management in healthcare is an essential and foundational element that must be made a priority by policy makers in order to achieve the goals of widespread use of electronic health records to support the secure and seamless exchange of healthcare information. The paper also recommends best practices for introducing a healthcare identity management infrastructure–one that provides the needed security and privacy controls that should be specified by policy makers. - [Healthcare Industry Case Study: Preventing Data Breaches with Safer, Smarter Identities](https://www.securetechalliance.org/healthcare-industry-case-study-preventing-data-breaches-with-safer-smarter-identities/) This case study describes how Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey found a more secure, usable and affordable alternative to traditional ID cards. - [HIPAA Compliance and Smart Cards: Solutions to Privacy and Security Requirements](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-hipaa-report/) This report discusses how smart cards can help health care providers and insurance companies meet the requirements of HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. Designed as an educational overview for decision makers, it summarizes the HIPAA privacy and security requirements, provides an overview on how smart cards work, describes how smart cards can be used to support HIPAA compliance and implement other health care applications, and outlines key implementation success factors. The report includes profiles of several U.S. and international smart health card implementations. - [Identifiers and Authentication – Smart Credential Choices to Protect Digital Identity](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-identifiers-and-authentication/) The Smart Card Alliance developed this position paper to describe the issues with unique identifiers and discuss how smart cards can be used as authenticators when using unique identifiers. - [Identity Management Systems, Smart Cards and Privacy](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-identity/) This position paper describes key elements in the design of an identity management system that affect privacy and security and the benefits that smart cards bring to identity management systems. - [Identity Management Systems, Smart Cards and Privacy: Frequently Asked Questions](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-identity-faq/) This FAQ answers questions about privacy, security and smart card benefits for identity management systems. - [ Identity on a Mobile Device](https://www.securetechalliance.org/identity-on-a-mobile-device-webinar-series/) The Identity Council webinar series recordings provide the groundwork for understanding how to establish and use a mobile identity credential through real-world use cases that are relevant to multiple industry sectors. - [Medical Identity Theft in Healthcare](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-medical-identity-theft-in-healthcare/) Healthcare data breaches and medical identity theft are growing problems as the healthcare industry moves to electronic health records and health information exchanges. This brief describes the security and privacy issues that the healthcare industry is facing and advocates that the industry move to strong identity management practices and technology solutions to improve the privacy and security of health information systems and electronic health records. - [Smart Card Applications in the U.S. Healthcare Industry](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-healthcare-industry/) This white paper was developed by the Smart Card Alliance to describe the value that smart cards deliver in a variety of U.S. healthcare applications. Developed as an educational overview for executives and senior managers in healthcare provider organizations, it reviews key challenges that the U.S. healthcare provider industry faces and examines the key drivers for implementing smart card-based systems to address these challenges. The white paper concludes with profiles of a number of organizations who are implementing smart cards illustrating the diversity of applications that are enabled by smart card technology and the business benefits that the technology delivers to healthcare organizations. - [Smart Card Technology and NSTIC](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-smart-card-technology-and-nstic/) The Smart Card Alliance developed this white paper to describe the benefits of combining smart card technology and strong credentials within the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). - [Smart Card Technology in Healthcare: Frequently Asked Questions](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-smart-card-technology-in-healthcare-series/) This frequently asked questions document was developed to answer questions about how smart cards work and how the technology is used to manage patient identity and protect a healthcare consumer’s personal information. - [Smart Cards and Biometrics](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-smart-cards-and-biometrics/) This white paper was developed by the Smart Card Alliance to describe the benefits of combining smart cards and biometrics to enable strong verification and authentication of an individual’s identity. The white paper provides an overview of biometrics technology, discusses how it’s used for identification and verification, and describes the benefits of using smart cards and biometrics to enable strong verification and authentication of the cardholder’s identity. The white paper includes eight case study examples of identity verification systems that combine smart cards and biometrics, including the Singapore Immigration Automated Clearance System, the Canadian Airport Restricted Area Identification Card, Amsterdam Schiphol Airport workforce ID card, the University of Arizona Keyless Access Security System, the FIPS 201 Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card, the U.S. Department of Defense Common Access Card (CAC), the U.S. Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC), and the electronic passport. - [Smart Cards and Biometrics in Healthcare Identity Applications](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-smart-cards-and-biometrics-in-healthcare-identity-applications/) This white paper was developed by the Smart Card Alliance to provide an overview of smart card and biometric technologies, discuss the key considerations for selecting biometric and smart card technology for identity verification, and describe the benefits of combining smart cards and biometrics for identity applications. - [Smart Cards in U.S. Healthcare: Benefits for Patients, Providers and Payers](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-smart-cards-in-healthcare/) This white paper was developed by the Smart Card Alliance to describe the benefits of smart cards to healthcare industry participants. The paper describes the challenges within the healthcare industry and the clear opportunities for the use of smart card technology for security and privacy in healthcare. The paper examines smart card use in healthcare today and suggests additional applications for consideration. ### Nothing related. [ ** ](#)