HIMSS11 – Preview of Privacy and Security Programming

Happy New Year! The staff here at HIMSS is busy preparing for the upcoming Annual HIMSS Conference:

HIMSS11 – Linking People, Potential and Progress
February 20 – 24, 2011
Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, Fla.

To learn more about the benefits of attending HIMSS11, visit www.himssconference.org.

I thought I would take this opportunity to orient you to the myriad activities that we have planned covering topics related to Privacy and Security. First, on Sunday, we have a Privacy and Security Workshop:

PRIVACY AND SECURITY WORKSHOP: Life in the Fast Lane: Privacy and Security in the Age of the Electronic Medical Record
Sunday, February 20, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Finally, in the table below, I have listed session that you might find interesting. Click on the title for a complete description.

I will be there, of course, and will be speaking at the workshop above. I would love to see and talk to all of you – feel free to contact me at lgallagher@himss.org or use (703)581-2014 on site and let’s get together!

Session #	Title/Link to Description	Date/Time	Speaker(s)
19	New Patient Privacy and Consent Standards for a Connected World	Monday, Feb. 219:45 am – 10:45 am	Gerry Hinkley, JD, Co-Chair, Health Care Industry Team, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Deven McGraw, Director, Health Privacy Project, Center for Democracy and Technology
33	How to “Meaningfully” Protect Privacy and Security Without Harming Patients	Monday, Feb. 2111:00 am – 12:00 pm	Eric Liederman, MD, MPH Director of Medical Informatics, Kaiser Permanente
21	Bringing the Social Media Revolution to Healthcare	Monday, Feb.21, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm	Lee Aase Manager, Syndication and Social Media, Mayo Clinic
42	HIPAA and Health IT: Trends in Privacy, Security, & Breach Notification	Monday, Feb. 2112:15 pm – 1:15 pm	Adam Greene, JD, MPH Senior Health IT and Privacy Advisor, HHS Office for Civil Rights
57	Redefining Boundaries: Using Secure Portals to Share Healthcare Data	Monday, Feb. 2112:15 pm – 1:15 pm	David Young IT Director, Geisinger Health System
62	Healthcare Incident Response	Tuesday, Feb. 228:30 am – 9:30 am	C. Matthew Curtin Founder, Interhack
82	Healthcare Software Security: Improving Application Risk Management and Compliance	Tuesday, Feb. 229:45 am – 10:45 am	John Sapp, CISSP Director, Product Development Standards – Security, Risk & Compliance, McKesson Corporation Matt Moynahan CEO, Veracode
100	The Need for a National Healthcare Security Framework	Tuesday, Feb. 221:00 pm – 2:00 pm	Erik Pupo, MBA, CPHIMS Health Interoperability Architect, Vangent
109	Implementing a New Model of Upfront Fraud Risk Control	Tuesday, Feb. 221:00 pm – 2:00 pm	Bill Fox, JD,MA, Senior Director Healthcare, LexisNexis Risk Solutions Clint Fuhrman, Director, Government Healthcare, LexisNexis
112	Assuring Privacy of Healthcare Information in Health Information Exchange	Tuesday, Feb. 221:00 pm – 2:00 pm	Thomas Jones, MD Chairman, Principles Committee, Health Record Banking Alliance
119	Securing Health Information in the Cloud	Tuesday, Feb. 222:15 pm – 3:15 pm	Feisal Nanji, CISSP Executive Director, Techumen
138	Rural Long-Term Care Provider Develops First Class Security Strategy	Wednesday, Feb. 239:45 am – 10:45 am	Joyce Evans, CPHIMS Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services Michael McMillan CEO, CynergisTek Inc
141	Military Health Systems: DHIMS: Deploying the Military’s Electronic Health Record	Wednesday, Feb. 239:45 am – 10:45 am	DeCosta Barrow, MSc, USA Program Manager, Defense Health Information Management System
168	Evolving the NHIN to Address Meaningful Use	Wednesday, Feb. 231:00 pm – 2:00 pm	Doug Fridsma, PhD Director, Office of Standards and Interoperability, ONC Craig Miller Vice President, Health Strategy and Innovation, Vangent, Inc.
307	Enabling Secure EHR Data Exchange: Assessing and Mitigating Risks	Wednesday, Feb. 231:00 pm – 2:00 pm	Protik Sandell Chief Technology Officer, A+ Government Solutions Inc.
175	Consensus Audit Guidelines Drastically Improve Security of HIT Systems	Wednesday, Feb. 232:15 pm – 3:15 pm	James Tarala, CISSP, CISA, PMP Principal Consultant, Enclave Security
196	Real Threats, Real Solutions: Data Loss Prevention	Thursday, Feb. 2410:00 am – 11:00 am	Sadik Al-Abdulla Security Solutions Manager, CDW Corporation LLC Brian Comp, PMP Chief Technology Officer, Information Services, Orlando Health
231	What the C-Suite Needs to Know About Patient Identity Integrity	Thursday, February 24, 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM	Barbara Demster, MS, RHIA Chief Compliance Officer, Benchmark Consulting Harry Rhodes, MBA, CHPS, CPHIMS, RHIA AHIMA Joel White, Executive Director, HIT Now Coalition
412	Secure Medical Communication Per E-mail: A Standardized Low Cost Solution	E-Session	Henning Schneider, MD Prof. Dr. Med., Department of Medical Informatics, University of Applied Sciences, Giessen, Hessen, Germany Thomas Friedl, Dipl. Ing., Landesaerztekammer Hessen