201805 GDPR

Track Name

GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation

Submitting WG/Project/Implementer Group

Security WG

Track Orientation Presentation -- TBD

Justification

The justification for this track is to explore how the FHIR specification and Implementation Guides enable and support compliance with GDPR. This is not an overall examination of GDPR.

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Relevant background

Prior Connectathon track 201709 Consumer Centered Data Exchange and 201801 Consumer Centered Data Exchange

• HIMSS presentation on GDPR
• blog by Rene http://www.ringholm.com/column/GDPR_impact_on%20healthcare_data_interoperability.htm

Proposed Track Leads

• John Moehrke -Security WG co-chair - JohnMoehrke@gmail.com -- skype JohnMoehrke
• Alex Mense - Security WG co-chair
• Rene Spronk

Expected participants

• John Moehrke (HL7 Security co-chair) SME on FHIR Consent
• http://test.fhir.org/r3

Actors

• Agent-Systems -- any system participating in the creation, use, or disclosure of identifiable data
• etc...

FHIR Capabilities

Expect to produce a cross-reference between the existing FHIR Security & Privacy capabilities and how they aid with GDPR compliance.

• Provenance resource
• AuditEvent resource
• Consent resource
• Identity
  • Patient resource
  • RelatedPerson
  • Practitioner, PractitionerRole
  • Group
  • Organization
  • Location
  • etc.
• Security-label mechanism in all FHIR Resource definitions (.meta.security)
  • Confidentiality classification
  • Sensitivity classification
  • Compartment classification
  • Integrity classification
  • Handling caveat
• Security-label vocabulary (aka HCS)
• Signature datatype
• De-Identification
• Authorization mechanisms
  • SMART-on-FHIR
  • Sync for Science
  • IHE-IUA
  • HEART
  • etc...
• User/system Authentication
  • Open-ID-Connect profile of OAuth
    • by way of SMART-on-FHIR
• Communications security
  • HTTPS

Testing Scenarios

• Privacy Consents -- follow 201801 Consumer Centered Data Exchange
  • or enhancements as needed
• TBD