Verizon and HITRUST to Host Virtual Media Roundtable on Feb. 12 to Discuss Health IT and Security
February 09 2010 - 12:20PM
PR Newswire (US)
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon and the Health
Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) will host an interactive media
roundtable to discuss how legislative and regulatory initiatives
are shaping health IT security. WHEN: Friday, Feb. 12, at 11:00
a.m. EST WHERE: The media roundtable will be by audio conference.
Contact Kevin Irland or Mary Hall (details below) for call
coordinates. WHO: Khalid Kark, vice president and principal analyst
- security and risk, Forrester Research Michael Frederick, chief
information security officer, Baylor Health Care System Bryan
Cline, Ph.D., director - information security, Catholic Health East
Daniel Nutkis, chief executive officer, HITRUST Andy Mekelburg,
director - health care policy, Verizon BACKGROUND: The health care
industry is currently faced with addressing emerging security and
privacy compliance measures from a host of legislative and
regulatory initiatives, including the 2009 Health Information
Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act and the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of
1996. These initiatives will help drive security and privacy
standards and aid health care organizations and their business
partners modernize the U.S. health care system and improve quality
of care. HITRUST is a private, independent company created to
establish a common security framework that will allow for more
effective and secure access, storage and exchange of personal
health information. MEDIA CONTACTS: Kevin W. Irland (Verizon)
703-886-1117 Mary Hall (HITRUST) 972-330-4908 DATASOURCE: Verizon
CONTACT: Media, Kevin W. Irland, Verizon, +1-703-886-1117, ; or
Mary Hall, HITRUST, +1-972-330-4908, Web Site:
http://www.verizonbusiness.com/solutions/healthcare
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