The Health IT Policy Committee has shown a preference for two-factor authentication for remote users who access electronic health information, believing users should be required to supply more than just a password when accessing such sensitive information, according to a Government Health IT news report.
The privacy and security tiger team, a subcommittee of the HIT Policy Committee, seeks to include user authentication requirements as part of meaningful use because remote access poses greater security risk than local access or on-campus access. However, panel members have yet to agree whether to require two factors for providers to prove their identity, such a password and a one-time assigned password, according to the news report.
Read the news report about two-factor authentication.
Read other coverage about privacy and security:
- PPR: Patient Security Lacking in Stage 2 Meaningful Use
- ONC to Test Information-Sharing Tools This Fall
- National eHealth Collaborative: Privacy and Security, Sustainability Are Top HIE Concerns
The privacy and security tiger team, a subcommittee of the HIT Policy Committee, seeks to include user authentication requirements as part of meaningful use because remote access poses greater security risk than local access or on-campus access. However, panel members have yet to agree whether to require two factors for providers to prove their identity, such a password and a one-time assigned password, according to the news report.
Read the news report about two-factor authentication.
Read other coverage about privacy and security:
- PPR: Patient Security Lacking in Stage 2 Meaningful Use
- ONC to Test Information-Sharing Tools This Fall
- National eHealth Collaborative: Privacy and Security, Sustainability Are Top HIE Concerns