I wrote the article for Gartner clients. The article is primarily about a two-pronged effort in another industry to send sensitive data over the Internet using either AS2 or the ebXML Messaging Service. The sole reference to the WEDI/AFEHCT project is this:
A Glimmer of Hope for Standards The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) and the Association for Electronic Health Care Transactions (AFEHCT) have a joint project to develop profiles of draft standards that could become the recommended solutions for HIPAA. This project has some participation by middleware vendors, so that the solutions that are recommended would be likely to be widely available. Such a standard would greatly reduce the time required to establish and test trading partner relationships. The complete Research Note is copyright material, but I can provide a limited number of copies in PDFs to people who request them. It cannot be republished by mailing it to a list server or posting it on a Web site. I have been unable to find much information about the WEDI/AFEHCT effort on any public Web site. Perhaps someone on the list can provide more specifics? Wes Rishel Vice President, Research Director Gartner Research, Healthcare Alameda, CA 510 522 8135 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For client Inquiries: 203 316 1288 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Charles L Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 9:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Implementing HIPAA Transactions over the Internet Good Morning Security Team; In a recent article that a colleague shared with me of the same title as in the Subject line above, there was a section titled: A Glimmer of Hope for Standards. In this paragraph, WEDI and AFEHCT were identified as having a joint project to develop profiles of draft standards that may become solutions for HIPAA Compliance. As you see from the signature block below, we are very interested in learning more, participating, sharing, learning, etc. Please share more, or provide a link where we can learn more. We are in the trenches doing the work at this time. The timing of this couldn't be better for everyone, vendors included. Regards, Charles L. Johnson, MPM, PMP HIPAA Security Team Humana Inc., Louisville, KY 502-580-1741 office 502-508-1741 Fax ********************************************************************** To be removed from this list, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that it may take up to 72 hours to process your request. ********************************************************************** To be removed from this list, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that it may take up to 72 hours to process your request.