TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11th, 2008

Are Your Medical Records at Risk? The State of Security in Today's Hospitals

1:00 - 2:00 pm (EDT); 12:00 - 1:00 pm (CST) - FREE Educational Audio cast

The healthcare information technology infrastructure today is not as resilient as it needs to be to safeguard medical records. Further, most hospitals are in some stage of implementing capabilities to support 100% electronic personal health records. Healthcare organizations are still struggling with how to take the necessary steps to comply with federal and state regulations even though failure to integrate and manage critical security counter-measures introduces compliance risks, enterprise vulnerabilities and poor employee productivity and satisfaction.

Breaches of medical records are widespread in the health care industry. At hospitals, a broad range of employees, from nurses to lab technicians, can access patients’ information. Some hospitals do limit by job role the types of data that a member of the workforce may see. However, hospitals are concerned that tight controls could compromise emergency care.

So what is the state of security of your organization? How does it compare with enterprise security priorities and initiatives of other similar organizations? Learn how your organization can establish a secure infrastructure that is both compliant and enables appropriate safeguards for sensitive medical records and the critical steps needed  to address compliance audit requirements and identify security controls vital for electronic medical records.

A question and answer session will follow the presentation.

 What you will learn:
-Examine  vulnerabilities to medical records in hospitals today
-Step through critical steps to achieve 100% compliance with key regulations such as HIPAA, PCI DSS and State regulations such as California’s 1386, 1950 and 1298
-Determine how to conduct an effective risk and vulnerability assessment to identify weaknesses in the electronic infrastructure
-Review vital security controls to support initiatives for establishing appropriate safeguards for medical records
-Walk-thru emerging best practices in healthcare security – minimal capabilities to secure the infrastructure

AHA Solutions Signature Learning Series is exclusively offered to hospital personnel.

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SPEAKERS:

-Joseph Granneman, CISSP, CSCS, CTO/CSO & Director of Information Technology, Rockford Health System 

-Ali Pabrai, CISSP (ISSAP, ISSMP), CSCS, Cyber Security & Compliance Expert, ecfirst.com, home of the HIPAA Academy

MODERATOR:
Brad Hunter, Director, Technology, AHA Solutions, Inc.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: CISO, CIO, COO, CFO, CTO, Director of Information Technology, Compliance Officer, Privacy Officer, Security Officer

LEVEL: All levels welcome

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