02-08-13 | Blog Post
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Featuring a health IT attorney, Certified HIPAA/Information Systems Security Professional, mobile health specialist, and compliant cloud computing specialist.
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About HIMSS 13
HIMSS 2013 will be held in New Orleans from March 3-7, and Online Tech will be exhibiting our HIPAA hosting solutions at booth #1369. Held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, the keynote speakers include the 42nd President of the U.S., Bill Clinton and Eric J. Topol of the Scripps Research Institute. This year’s HIMSS 13 will feature topics such as meaningful use, telehealth, healthcare IT adoption, preparing for an OCR audit, mobile apps and more.
Take a look at the HIMSS 13 Schedule-at-a-Glance for more details on the keynotes and sessions they have planned. Another featured event includes the closing keynote debate between speakers James Carville, Political Consultant, and Karl Rove, Fox News Contributor & Wall Street Journal Columnist. Find out about other HIMSS 13 keynote speakers here.
Last year, Online Tech attended the Las Vegas 2012 HIMSS conference which drew in more than 30,000 attendees, including healthcare industry professionals and exhibitors from around the nation. Our HIPAA hosting solutions for healthcare and related organizations include:
Our HIPAA renewal audit conducted recently measured our hosting solutions, environment and staff against the OCR HIPAA Audit Protocol, developed as a result of the Office for Civil Right’s initial pilot audit program conducted on random covered entities nationwide.
Online Tech is an official platinum corporate HIMSS member and one of the first and few independently HIPAA audited hosting providers that will sign a business associate agreement (BAA) with all of our healthcare clients.
More about the health IT experts attending HIMSS 13 – meet us at booth #1369:
Legal Implications of the Final HIPAA Omnibus Rule
Brian Balow, Attorney, Dickinson Wright
Brian Balow is a member of the law firm Dickinson Wright PLLC, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of information technology, healthcare law, and intellectual property. Brian has worked with Fortune 100 clients over the last fifteen years on Information Technology-related matters, including the drafting and negotiation of agreements, formulation and implementation of policies and procedures for the management of IT (including outsourcing-related issues), counseling and advising on privacy and data security issues, and assisting clients in favorably resolving disputes with IT vendors (including disputes with the BSA and SIIA).
Find out more about Brian Balow.
Healthcare Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
Christopher Heuman CHP, CHSS, CSCS, CISSP, Practice Leader, RISC Management & Consulting
As the Practice Leader at RISC Management, Chris helps providers and healthcare technology organizations by providing services in the areas of risk analysis, vulnerability assessment, business continuity management and planning, business impact analysis, disaster recovery planning, social engineering tests, data loss prevention, education and training, project management and consensus building at all organizational levels.
Mobile Healthcare Applications
Dave Bennett, National Sales Director, Healthcare
Dave directs AnyPresence’s healthcare sales. He has been in Mobility with a focus on Healthcare since 2010, and was involved in growing mobility programs with companies such as Aetna and Independence Blue Cross. Prior to getting into mobility, Dave was with Axeda Corporation, an M2M enterprise software company providing remote connectivity to medical device and life sciences companies such as Siemens, GE and Phillips.
HIPAA Compliant Cloud Computing
April Sage, CPHIMS, Director Healthcare Vertical, Online Tech
April Sage has focused on the IT industry for over two decades, initially founding a technology vocational program. In 2000, April founded a bioinformatics company that supported biotech, pharma, and bioinformatic companies in the development of research portals, drug discovery search engines, and other software systems. Since then, April has been involved in the development and implementation of online business plans and integrated marketing strategies across insurance, legal, entertainment, and retail industries. In her current position as Director Healthcare Vertical of Online Tech, April focuses on cloud computing and data center technologies that enable the healthcare space. April is a member of the inaugural cohort of the University of Michigan’s Masters Health Informatics program, a program fully and jointly sponsored by the School of Public Health and School of Information.
