Steering Clear with Cyber Security During a Public Health Emergency (PHE)

[3439] Steering Clear with Cyber Security During a Public Health Emergency (PHE)
Learn more about the common areas of vulnerability, the impact of data loss, key elements for protecting your organization, and ways to reduce risk.

Presentation Info:

• TAHC&H Virtual Event | 51st Annual Meeting & Conference | Recorded for On-Demand Access
• Presentation Date | September 1, 2020

Education-Training Credits:

• TX HCSSA Administrator/Alternate Continuing Education
• 1.5 Clock Hr(s)

HCSSA Topic(s) Addressed:

• §558.259[d][4]agency responsibilities
• §558.260[a][3]basic principles of management in a licensed health-related setting
• §558.260[a][6]risk assessment and management

Program Description: With COVID-19 on our plate as a priority, have you kept cyber security in mind as well? Our new reality is that security risks are on the rise with data breaches, in the last nine years, affecting over 2,500 healthcare data breaches and more than 500 records. Data breaches and resulting regulatory and legal action have escalated in healthcare with penalties reaching millions in 2019. View Ricky Smith in this presentation to learn more about the common areas of vulnerability, the impact of data loss, key elements for protecting your organization, and ways to reduce risk.

Program Learning Objective(s): Participants will actively engage in the discussion and incorporate best practices for identifying key elements for protecting their agencies against data breaches.

TAHC&H Faculty/Presenter(s): Ricky Smith, President, Innovative Business Technologies

About the Presenter(s):
Ricky Smith is the President of Innovative Business Technologies, a SOC II compliant Cloud Service Provider and Managed IT Service organization that works primarily with healthcare providers. Prior to IBT, Ricky spent 11 years with the homecare and hospice product group of McKesson Information Solutions. As Director of Technical Services, he became passionate about IT’s ability to facilitate patient care. In addition to 20 plus years in IT health-care, Ricky spent several years as a systems engineer and telecommunications technician in a high-profile financial and chemical engineering sector. Ongoing research on technology trends, as it relates to healthcare providers, allows him to maintain expertise in data security, compliancy, business continuity, and risk analysis.

[3439] Steering Clear with Cyber Security During a Public Health Emergency (PHE)