Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

Card-based PKI to better secure doctor's communications

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

SAFE BioPharma’s secure signatures to be adopted by more docs in coming year

By Marisa Torrieri, Contributing Editor

Expect to see an influx of doctors using digital signatures in lieu of cumbersome paper-pen-fax combinations to authorize medical care, services and prescriptions. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) with certificates held on a smart card, USB fob, or other hardware token, a new identity standard for the medical community is taking hold.

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