Transcript Roundtable Discussion of HIPAA Security Rule Implementation and Compliance Strategies

Roundtable Discussion of HIPAA
Security Rule Implementation
and Compliance Strategies
The Tenth National HIPAA Summit
April 7, 2005
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Healthcare IT News: March 2005
• Session Objectives
• Introductions
• Brief Presentations by
Roundtable Members
• Questions
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/Discussion
Session Objectives…
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During this session we will explore and discuss
the following:
Where should the healthcare industry be at this point in
time in relation to the HIPAA Security Rule and
healthcare security, in general?
Where is it really?
What were/are some of the barriers to compliance?
How do think the industry managed the “addressable
implementation specifications” of the Rule?
How do you think enforcement will be handled?
Session Objectives
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During this session we will explore and discuss the
following:
What technology exists on the horizon that will better enable
healthcare security?
What’s in the future for HIPAA Security regulatory
updates/refinements?
What impact will EHR, HIT, NHIN, etc. and other healthcare
initiatives have on healthcare security?
What impact/serendipity effect will recent large-scale incidents
involving sensitive data and the increasing paranoia about identity
theft by both the public and the Congress have on healthcare
security?
Etc., etc.
Roundtable Members
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John C. Parmigiani (Moderator)
Sr. VP for Consulting Services, QuickCompliance, Inc. and President, John C.
Parmigiani & Associates, LLC
[email protected]/[email protected]: 410-750-2497
Ronald S. Ross, Ph.D.
Computer Science Division, Information Technology Laboratory, National
Institute of Standards and Technology
[email protected]: 301-975-5390
Ali Pabrai, CISSP, CHSS
Chief Executive, HIPAA Academy
[email protected]: 949-260-2030
Gary G. Christoph, Ph.D., CISM, CHS
Senior VP, Government and Healthcare, Seclarity, Inc.
[email protected]: 410-884-1313
Kevin C. Day
CTO, Relational Security Corporation
[email protected]: 201-951-6879
And now for our first roundtable
member’s presentation:
Ron Ross