About Membership
Our members are a key force in pushing interoperability forward. Join us to drive change and create a more interoperable world!
Benefits of DirectTrust Membership
DirectTrust membership includes participation in DirectTrust Standards as well as the following benefits:
- Opportunities to influence and shape the DirectTrust Trust Framework
- Access to DirectTrust deliverables (including for cobranding) and intellectual property, as well as participation in workgroups
- Insight into the work being done by your colleagues in the community
- Discounted access to DirectTrust products
- Up to date information about the continually evolving regulatory environment
Workgroups
One of the primary benefits of membership is the opportunity to impact the development of the nation’s premiere trust framework by participating in the DirectTrust Workgroups. An overview of each workgroup, including their goal and the value of participation, is outlined below.
*Workgroup is currently on hiatus or working with another Workgroup towards a common goal
Credential Policies and Practices
Workgroup Goal: Manage, maintain, and evolve DirectTrust policies to promote confidence in our services, both current and future.
Value of Participation: Provide representation and assist in the evolution and ratification of policies and practices for identity and trust.
Identity Management Sub-Workgroup of CPP
Workgroup Goal: Maintain and update appropriate identity and identity-proofing policies that govern the organization’s Public Key Infrastructure Services.
Value of Participation: Navigate our shared trust community through responding to new threats and opportunities in a changing PKI landscape.
Direct Directory Policy
Workgroup Goal: Evolve and maintain use and usability of our Directory through appropriate policy and innovation.
Value of Participation: Participate in the evolution of the nation’s largest directory of digital contact information for providers.
Innovation Priorities
Workgroup Goal: Create new service lines and use cases that promote the use of DirectTrust services and standards.
Value of Participation: Help forge the future of interoperability and tackle unsolved problems with some of the industry’s brightest stars.
Release of Information Sub-Workgroup of Innovation Priorities
Workgroup Goal: Investigate the capability of health information exchange pursuant to a HIPAA authorization or patient consent over the DirectTrust network.
Value of Participation: Formulate the usage of Direct Secure Messaging for members to expand their health information exchange possibilities.
Security and Trust Compliance
Workgroup Goal: Manage, maintain, and evolve the policies governing our network operators.
Value of Participation: Participate in discussion and proposals to update policies, ratification, and compliance enforcement.
Individual Identity Technical Sub-Workgroup of CPP
Workgroup Goal: Maintain and update appropriate identity credential lifecycle and access management policies that govern the organization’s identity provider programs.
Value of Participation: Contribute to the expansion of trustworthy identity operations while responding to new threats and opportunities in the security landscape.
Cybersecurity Workgroup
Workgroup Goal: Observe and review cybersecurity risks and promote appropriate responses by government and industry.
Value of Participation: Contribute to thought leadership that strengthens resilience of organizations in healthcare and related industries.