Yes, there is. The securest way for us to receive information is through an electronic network. It has the IT protections. Also, more importantly, it's the authoritative source. That means after the death certificate goes to the vital stats agency, they validate the information so that we know that if an individual is marked as deceased, it is the correct individual. The worst thing we could do would be to identify a wrong individual as deceased. That's one of the most important things. It is secure and it is accurate. That's why we want to focus on electronic transfer of data and try to limit as much human interaction as possible.
On October 28th, 2014. See this statement in context.