With DirectTrust carrying the torch into the future, our goal is to support modern identity challenges, including meeting the requirements of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act, clinical research, medical IoT, and patient matching,” Neuman concluded.ĭirectTrust, most recognized for Direct Secure Messaging and the Direct Standard™ it supports and promotes, came into existence with backing from the ONC as a public key infrastructure (PKI)-based trust framework to enable healthcare interoperability to scale. “I’m excited to help DirectTrust facilitate better communication and better data sharing within a particular industry-such as biopharmaceuticals or healthcare delivery, as was the case in the past-and perhaps more profoundly, between all of the industries that make up healthcare. “With its incorporation into DirectTrust, the SAFE community is about to embark on a new chapter to remain in lockstep with the progress being made in the realm of digital identity across healthcare.” Neuman is currently Managing Director at SAFE Identity and will continue in his role as Chief Information Security Officer at Zeva Incorporated. “SAFE sustained a pedigree in the digital identity assurance and government interoperability spaces by maintaining one of the longest-standing Trust Frameworks in healthcare,” said Kyle Neuman, incoming Director of Trust Framework Development at DirectTrust.
Potential new use cases could include universally trusted healthcare credentials for consumers identity assurance and security for the pharmaceutical supply chain (DSCSA), possibly all the way to clinical pharmacy as well as medical device security and identification.”
For example, members will be able to interact with federal agencies for signing documents and authenticating to systems. Stuewe continued, “Further, the newly expanded DirectTrust ecosystem will extend the breadth of healthcare stakeholders it serves and enable additional capabilities, as well as exciting new use cases where the two groups of stakeholders connect. Both the DirectTrust and SAFE Identity trust framework communities seek to enable safe and secure transactions through the use of identity-assured credentials backed by a public key infrastructure and consensus-based policies.” Since our inception, DirectTrust has focused on instilling trust in electronic health communication with the goal of improving health for individuals and populations. “SAFE Identity and DirectTrust are like-minded organizations with memberships that share common goals. “Our acquisition of SAFE Identity’s assets is truly a groundbreaking moment for DirectTrust and the entire electronic healthcare information industry,” said Scott Stuewe, President and CEO of DirectTrust.
SAFE Policy Management Authority (PMA) members will participate as members of DirectTrust Identity, which will operate the SAFE infrastructure used by multiple large pharmaceutical companies to securely interact with federal agencies (in accordance with 21 CFR Part 11) and business partners in the US and globally. New and current members of both organizations will be able to rely on DirectTrust to manage policies and infrastructure supporting a community that issues secure and identity-assured credentials for electronic transactions in healthcare. DirectTrust is a non-profit healthcare industry alliance that supports secure, identity-verified electronic exchanges of protected health information (PHI) between provider organizations, and between providers and patients, for the purpose of improved coordination of care.ĭirectTrust has created DirectTrust Identity, a new division, to house the SAFE Trust Framework. SAFE Identity (SAFE) is an industry consortium and certification body supporting identity assurance and cryptography in healthcare. The acquisition substantially extends DirectTrust’s capabilities and services and is expected to enable new and expanded interoperability use cases.
31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - DirectTrust today announced it has acquired the assets of SAFE Identity, including its Trust Framework.
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