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Contact: John Schelewitz

Email: John.Schelewitz@ecfirst.com

Phone: 1.480.663.3225    
Website: http://www.ecfirst.com 

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Critical Identity and Access Management Steps for Compliance

7 Steps to Prepare for HIPAA & HITECH Audits

   A Complimentary Webcast, February 11, 2010 Noon Central

NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA – January 15, 2010:The HITECH Act, the HIPAA Security Rule, State regulations, PCI DSS, FACTA and other mandates healthcare covered entities and business associates to comply with key Identity and Access Management (IAM) rules to secure patient health information.   These mandates are now enforced and non-compliance will result in financial penalties. 

How will your organization comply with these requirements without negatively impacting clinician workflows?   Attendees of this webinar will learn:

• Key considerations for compliant IAM in healthcare organizations
• How access and authentication management can help with compliance, and improve productivity
• A 7–step checklist for audit preparation

The webinar will feature cyber security and compliance expert, Ali Pabrai from ecfirst and David Ting, Founder and CTO from Imprivata. 

What You Will Learn?

1. Understand how to prepare for a HIPAA audit by organizations such as the OCR, CMS, OIG or the FTC
2. Step through a checklist of 7 specific areas that must be addressed to comply with HITECH and HIPAA mandates
3. Review resolution agreements and corrective action plans that have been executed as a result of audits and investigations
4. Understand the concept of “unsecured PHI” and its impact on your policies and processes for authentication, access control and encryption
5. Examine best practices to implement authentication and encryption controls across systems at the core (servers and applications) and end user devices (laptops, mobile devices)

How to register

Click here to register for the first of its type 60-minute webcast at noon Central Time on February 11, 2010.

At the conclusion of the Webcast, ecfirst will announce the winner of a free Kindle from Amazon.com (only those who register and attend the complete event are eligible).

About ecfirst

ecfirst, home of the HIPAA Academy, is the gold standard for HIPAA and the HITECH Act with its comprehensive array of services that include policy templates, quick reference cards, training, certification and consulting. The ecfirst deep consulting expertise is embodied in its signature methodology, BizShieldTM - that enables organizations to comply with HIPAA and HITECH Act mandates. The ecfirst BizShieldTM methodology specifically includes the following core components:

• A 2-day in-depth certification program, Certified HIPAA Professional (CHP) that addresses HIPAA Privacy, HIPAA Security, the HITECH Act and a lot more
• A 2-day in-depth certification program, Certified Security Compliance SpecialistTM (CSCSTM) that addresses ISO 27000, PCI DSS, HIPAA, HITECH, FISMA and a lot more
• HIPAA/HITECH Security Policy Templates that can easily be tailored to enable your organization establish a comprehensive library of policies that meet compliance mandates
• The industry’s first ISO 27002/HIPAA Security Rule Mapping Framework document
• Managed Compliance Services Program (MCSP) for HIPAA/HITECH that enables your organization to leverage deep ecfirst HIPAA/HITECH expertise and yet pay a fixed monthly fee for a 36-month period and access a range of compliance services

About Imprivata

Imprivata secures employee access to desktops, networks, applications and transactions.  Its appliance-based, employee access management platform, OneSign, enables organizations to protect enterprise information assets while improving user productivity.  By strengthening user authentication, streamlining application access and simplifying compliance reporting across multiple computing environments, customers realize substantial IT Help Desk and administration cost savings, while achieving the security standards they demand.

Imprivata is a recognized leader in Authentication and Access Management, receiving numerous product awards and top review ratings from leading industry publications and analysts.  Headquartered in Lexington, Mass., Imprivata is the largest independent provider of single sign-on in the healthcare market, with 900,000 user licenses sold to healthcare organizations.  For more information, please visit www.imprivata.com.

Contact ecfirst – The Gold Standard for HITECH and HIPAA

To bring this presentation to your site, or to tailor a webcast for your organization, please contact John Schelewitz at +1.480.663.3225 or at John.Schelewitz@ecfirst.com. To learn more about ecfirst services, please visit www.ecfirst.com.