Intel to Outline ID System for Health-Care Web Sites Next Week
Santa Clara, California, June 8 (Bloomberg) -- Intel Corp., the world's largest computer-chip maker, next week will outline its system to let doctors, patients and pharmacists exchange information on the Internet without losing privacy.
Intel will talk about its authentication technology with the American Medical Association at a conference Monday in Chicago. The two are working on a way to identify and digitally register doctors so that information such as lab results and patient histories can be exchanged securely.
Intel Chairman Andy Grove, a prostate-cancer survivor, started the company's Internet health initiatives in 1997 to spur adoption of the Web by doctors and patients. Intel's authentication services unit is working to create standards and technologies that will give patients, doctors and pharmacists unique IDs that would be authorized to view medical records.
``The AMA is the cornerstone relationship to get everyone connected,'' said Mariah Scott, business unit manager for Intel's authentication division.
Intel unveiled its program with the AMA in October. Next week's event will give an update on what the product will do, who is signed up to use it and when it will come out. The AMA product is expected out sometime in the third quarter, and two more products will be available later in the year.
Health-insurance providers as well as Internet companies like WellMed Inc., Healtheon/WebMD Corp. and Medem will license the technology to lure consumers and health-care professionals to their Web sites and services.
The AMA will register doctors by taking requests and checking the individuals against the master records it keeps on all physicians. Then Intel will be responsible for assigning a digital ID, and then maintaining and checking that ID every time it is used.
Intel will share the licensing revenue with its partners: the AMA; the American Pharmaceutical Association for pharmacists; and Experian Corp., the consumer and commercial credit agency, which will be used to give consumers IDs.
Jun/08/2000 16:17 ET |
