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Thirty-three states and 1 territory formed the HISPC, which aims to address the privacy and security challenges presented by electronic health information exchange through multi-state collaboration. With the support of its state or territorial governor, each team engaged a steering committee and a range of local stakeholders to 1) assess variations in organization-level business policies and state laws that affect health information exchange; 2) identify and propose practical solutions, while preserving the privacy and security requirements in applicable Federal and State laws and 3) develop detailed plans to implement solutions.
In phase 1 of HISPC, the Connecticut team completed the work summarized above. In phase 2, each state implemented a state-specific project and planned for multi-state collaboration in phase 3. Connecticut's phase 2 project included work aimed at developing trusted digital identities for authentication, authorization, access control, data integrity, and digital signatures. The team developed identity management specifications for providers and a policy agreement for the adoption of health information exchange standards.