The Identity Tiger Team will focus on identifying identity-proofing and patient-matching solutions across multiple types of users.

Tiger Team Deliverables

  • Identify appropriate national standards for individual and organizational identity matching.

  • Define approach to implementation and testing.

  • Identify best practices for reconciliation of identification across multiple sources. (e.g., patient matching)

  • Build a proof of concept that demonstrates the critical architectural and technical capabilities required to implement identity cross-walk in real-time during the course of a FHIR transaction.

Current Identity Tiger Team Members

  • Carmen Smiley, ONC, Team Co-Lead

  • Julie Maas, EMR Direct, Team Co-Lead
  • Vijey Kris Sridharan, United Health Care, Team Co-Lead
  • Jeff Brown, MITRE, Implementation Guide Lead
  • Paul Vaughan, Optum
  • Jim St Clair, Lumedic 
  • Rita Torkzadeh
  • Catherine Schulten, Change Healthcare
  • Ryan Howells, Leavitt Partners


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