1. A Brief Update on the Voluntary Universal Healthcare ID System Barry R. Hieb, MD Chief Scientist, Global Patient Identifiers Inc. OHT, June 29, 2010 \OHY\VUHIDdemo6-29-10

2. VUHID Mission Statement The goal of the Voluntary Universal Healthcare Identification (VUHID) project is to make unique healthcare identifiers available to individual patients who want one to enable: –unambiguous patient identification –error-free linkage of clinical information –enhance the privacy of patient information –improve the quality of medical care –reduce the rate of medical errors –decrease the incidence of healthcare-related identity theft –help control healthcare costs 2

3. 3 VUHID Identifier Syntax PrefixDelimiter Check digits Privacy class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 0000008562837139.749174221800000 Identifier syntax Open identifier 0000003693664829.210573900000000 Private identifier 0000005637623757.077328571370000 Note: Private identifiers are anonymous Compact display3693664829.21057390

4. One Possible VUHID Card Configuration Issued when the patient obtains their VUHID identifier Stays permanently with the patient Identifier is printed on the card Has at least one machine- readable representation – Bar code – Magnetic stripe – Smart card – RFID? (privacy concerns) Photo/biometric may be included John Q Public 18563823043.271457280 Open Identifier Medical HIE logo here 4 Issuing Institution’s Logo here

5. 5 VUHID System Architecture VUHID

6. Seven Supported Transactions Give me an open identifier (EMPI to VUHID) Give me a private identifier of privacy class X Tell me the status of an identifier Retire an identifier Request to terminate an identifier Give me the locations of data associated with this identifier Identifier termination notice (outbound from VUHID) 6

18. Contact Information www.gpii.info Barry Hieb, MD, Chief Scientist, GPII bhieb@vuhid.org 520-320-6220 Elizabeth (Liddy) West, CPHIMS, Chief Marketing Officer, GPII ewest123@msn.com 18 Thank you!