Download and read the 10-page Smart Card Alliance position paper for government policy makers and healthcare stakeholders Healthcare Identity Management: The Foundation for a Secure and Trusted National Health Information Network(Links to an external site.) (September 2009).
Imagine that you are an HIM professional responsible for educating a group of coworkers about this issue. Create a 5-to-7-slide PowerPoint presentation – not counting the title slide or a last “Questions?” slide if there is one – about the potential (or realized) benefits of smart cards on healthcare concerns such as medical identity theft.