Registered Patient Number
Medical records are highly vulnerable documents. They contain your personal information and identity descriptors (such as Social Security numbers) that if stolen or misused, leaves you at serious risk of medical or other identity fraud. What's worse, incorrect medical information in your record as a result of an imposter getting treatment could result in life-threatening consequences. You deserve to have your personal medical information kept private and confidential.
How TASCET can help.
When you receive medical care at a clinic or hospital, you lend information about your identity to the organization and it is used to either enroll you as a patient or to access your existing medical records.
If the facility participates in the Identity Network, a small amount of the identity information you provided (your name, gender, date of birth, address, country of birth) and a biometric (fingerprint, iris, facial image, signature or voice) is registered in the Identity Network and two things happen:
- The Identity Network confirms that you are the owner of a unique identity.
- You are issued a secure patient number that ties your identity to your medical record. A patient number allows the identity descriptors you've been given by other entities, such as a Social Security number, to be removed from your record, lessening the risk for an individual to access your file and steal your identity.
This eliminates the potential for another person to receive medical care using your identity or commit other identity fraud crimes. Your identity ownership is protected and your medical information is kept confidential and secure.
What this means to you
- Complete anonymity in your medical record.
- Privacy and confidentiality of your information.
- Reassurance that only your medical information is contained in your record.
- Protection from medical and other identity fraud.
