One of the most interesting and challenging topics in healthcare lately has been around identity. Certainly this was brought to the forefront thanks to COVID vaccinations, but it’s also become important with things like information blocking and healthcare APIs making data more available. It’s great to make patient data available, but if we don’t improve digital identification then we’re just creating new problems.
As we explore the topic of Digital Identity in healthcare, we sat down with Daniel Cidon, CTO at NextGate. For those not familiar with NextGate, they’ve been a leading provider of EMPI (Enterprise Master Patient Index) solutions for healthcare for a long time. They understand the ins and outs and challenges associated with patient identification.
Along with talking about what a digital identity in general, Cidon also shares thoughts around how it can be applied to healthcare and what constitutes an individual’s identity. Plus, we discuss the consequences of doing digital ID wrong and the benefits of doing it right.
Cidon shares NextGate’s approach to digital identity and their OneDID product. Plus, I ask him if OneDID is going to help or hurt when it comes to data security and protection and whether consumers should be worried about it or not. Finally, he shares how he sees this playing in with patient matching and patient identification.
If you want a look at where Digital Identity is going in healthcare, you’ll enjoy this video interview with Daniel Cidon from NextGate.
Learn more about NextGate: https://nextgate.com/
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