HITECH Act Webinar February 10th

Posted February 4, 2010 08:30 AM by Jack Anderson CEO Compliance Helper    

Compliance Helper is proud to be a cosponsor with the Argosy Group of this important webinar.  Rebecca is the privacy and information security expert who has partnered with us to develop our HIPAA HITECH solutions.  Amy has provided Argosy Group with legal advice on accreditation and compliance.  Together they thoroughly cover the topic of the HITECH Act.

Rebecca is an information privacy, security and compliance consultant, author, instructor and management  tools creator with her own company, Rebecca Herold & Associates, LLC. Rebecca has provided information security, privacy and compliance services to organizations in a wide range of industriesthroughout the world for over 17 years. In October 2007 Rebecca was named one of the “Best Privacy Advisers”in two of three categories by Computerworld magazine. Rebecca was also named one of the "Top 59 Influencers in IT Security" for 2007 by IT Security magazine. Rebecca is also an Adjunct Professor for the Norwich University Master of Science in Information Assurance (MSIA)
program.

Rebecca was instrumental in building the information security and privacy program while at Principal Financial Group, which was awarded the 1998 CSI Information Security Program of the Year Award. Rebecca assists organizations of all sizes within all industries with their information privacy, security and regulatory compliance programs, content development, and strategy development and implementation. Over the past decade Rebecca has developed and has been delivering two-day information security and privacy workshop, and another two-day workshop helping organizations learn how to effectively manage their information security, privacy and legal areas to work together to most effectively assure privacy and regulatory compliance while efficiently implementing security controls. Rebecca has created customized 1- and 2-day training for the specific needs of many different organizations.  Rebecca is the creator and editor of the “Protecting Information” multi-media quarterly security and awareness journal (http://www.privacyguidance.com/piqa-journal.html) and also provides online information security and privacy training modules. 

Amy is a valued business advisor in corporate matters involving health care and information technology law. She provides trusted counsel to health care providers, entrepreneurs, and service providers on licensing, payment, regulatory compliance, privacy and technology issues. As a former hospital executive, Amy has in-depth knowledge from over twenty years in the health care industry as vice president in both academic medical center and community hospital settings and an internship in the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division. She also teaches advanced courses on transactions for health care organizations as an Adjunct Professor at the Case Western Reserve Law School, where she was editor-in-chief of "Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine" and worked on NIH grant projects. Amy has been selected by her peers for inclusion in the "Best Lawyers in America.

Amy has a special interest in technology development and licensing and privacy and security issues. Amy leads the HIMSS Legal Aspects of the Enterprise Task Force and is Vice Chair of the AHLA Health Information Technology Practice Group. She served on the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) Health Information Exchange (HIE) Certification Work Group to develop standards for health information exchanges.

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