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Webinar 05/21/20: How to Double Protection for Remote Workers

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Are you concerned about your remote employees accessing malicious websites, being fooled by phishing scams, or downloading malware?

On Thursday May 21, 2020, the Ireland-based cybersecurity company TitanHQ is hosting a webinar to explain how you can better protect your remote workers and significantly improve your defenses against phishing and malware attacks.

Most cyberattacks that target employees have an email and web-based component. Email security solutions are effective at blocking the majority of malicious emails, but some emails may end up being delivered to inboxes.

Links in the emails direct employees to websites were credentials are harvested or malware is downloaded. Implementing a web filtering solution provides protection from the web-based part of the attack and prevents employees from visiting malicious websites. A web filter adds an important extra layer of security against phishing attacks and malware and ransomware downloads.

During the webinar, TitanHQ will explain how COVID-19 is being exploited by cybercriminals to attack organizations and steps that can be taken to meet the challenge of protecting a largely distributed workforce.

The webinar will focus on TitanHQ’s DNS-based web filtering solution – WebTitan – and will explain the features and security layers of the solution that will help you manage user security at multiple locations.

Webinar Details

Title:     Keeping your Remote Workers TWICE as secure with SpamTitan & WebTitan

Date:     Thursday, May 21, 2020

Time:    11:00-11:30 CDT

Host:     TitanHQ

  • Derek Higgins, Engineering Manger TitanHQ
  • Eddie Monaghan, Channel Manager TitanHQ
  • Marc Ludden, Strategic Alliance Manager TitanHQ
  • Kevin Hall, Senior Systems Engineer at Datapac

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Webinar Today: One Secure Video, Voice & Text Solution for Patients & Providers

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The secure, HIPAA-compliant communication and collaboration platform provider TigerConnect is hosting a webinar to explain how healthcare providers can easily engage patients at home and collaborate with staff across an entire health system using the same secure app.

In the webinar you will discover how the advanced integrations and telehealth features of the TigerConnect platform make patients and care teams instantly reachable, leading to fewer readmissions, happier patients, and better care.

Date:   Friday, April 10 at

Time:   10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET
Webinar with demo followed by Q&A

Hosted by:
Dr. Will O’Connor, Chief Medical Information Officer, TigerConnect
Tommy Wright, Director of Product Marketing, TigerConnect

Register Here

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Webinar Today: One Secure Video, Voice & Text Solution for Patients & Providers

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On Tuesday, April 2, 2020, TigerConnect is hosting a webinar to explain how its unified healthcare communication and collaboration platform can be used to accelerate clinical workflows and improve communication in healthcare.

The TigerConnect team will explain how their communication platform helps healthcare providers to engage patients at home and collaborate with staff across the entire health system through a single, secure, HIPAA-compliant app.

In the webinar you will discover how advanced integrations and telehealth features make patients and care teams instantly reachable, which helps healthcare organizations reduce readmissions, improve patient satisfaction, and deliver better patient care.

Webinar Details:

Thursday, April 2 at 10 a.m. PT
Live webinar with demo followed by Q&A

Hosted by:
Dr. Will O’Connor, Chief Medical Information Officer, TigerConnect
Tommy Wright, Solutions Marketing Director, TigerConnect

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Webinar Today: Communication Best Practices During a Pandemic

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During the 2019 Novel Coronavirus pandemic, instant, immediate, and enterprise-wide communication is essential for slowing the spread of the virus and ensuring service continuity.

Relatively little is known about the Novel Coronavirus and how it is spread. It is a fast-evolving situation and new information is regularly being released by researchers and public health authorities. That information and updates to policies and procedures need to be rapidly communicated across healthcare organizations. It is also important for healthcare professionals to monitor the condition of patients who are self-isolating at home after displaying symptoms of COVID-19.

The 2019 Novel Coronavirus pandemic is placing health systems under a great strain and fast, effective, and efficient internal and external communication is critical.

TigerConnect, the leading secure healthcare communication platform provider, is hosting a webinar where the company’s healthcare communication experts will share communication and collaboration best practices for organizational preparedness, effective response, and service continuity during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus pandemic, and other times of crisis.

During the webinar, TigerConnect will discuss best practices for workflow readiness, how to accelerate internal and external communication, effective broadcasting of important updates to staff and external partners, how patient diagnosis and isolation workflows can be expediated, the best way to prioritize alerts for critical patients, how to ensure staff safety, and the use of text messaging to monitor patients who are self-isolating at home.

The TigerConnect platform has been adopted by more than 6,000 healthcare organizations to collaborate and communicate effectively. One of those healthcare organizations, Singapore Health, is using the TigerConnect platform to improve enterprise-wide communication and coordinate its response to COVID-19 cases. Singapore Health has been commended for the efficiency and effectiveness of its response to the crisis. TigerConnect will be sharing information on the lessons learned to help U.S. healthcare providers deal with the COVID-19 crisis more effectively.

The webinar is being hosted by Dr. Will O’Connor, Chief Medical Information Officer, TigerConnect and Julie Grenuk, Nurse Executive, TigerConnect.

The webinar will consist of a live presentation followed by a Q&A session.

Webinar Details:

Date:     Thursday, March 19th, 2020
Time:     2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT

Click here to register for the free webinar

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Webinar 03/24/20: HIPAA Tips on Working from Home, Telehealth, and Telecommuting

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On March 24, 2020, Compliancy Group will be hosting a webinar to help HIPAA-covered entities and their business associates ensure they are fully compliant with HIPAA Rules when working remotely from home and handling protected health information. Compliancy Group will also be explaining the HIPAA Rules that apply to Telehealth and video conferencing.

Many healthcare professionals and business associates are using portable electronic devices to access systems in the office and are spending at least part of the week working remotely or working from home.

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has seen many companies take the decision to stop employees coming into work and instead are allowing them to use personal or company-owned devices to work from home to reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19.

Most companies handling protected health information (PHI) are working virtually to keep their business up and running and permit telecommuting for some members of the workforce; however, doing so and remaining in HIPAA compliance can be a challenge.

Join Compliancy Group to find out how HIPAA Rules apply when working from home and video conferencing and learn about the HIPAA telehealth rules and to find out how to properly manage your business remotely by implementing an effective compliance program.

Webinar Details:

Date:     March 24th

Time: 2:00 pm ET / 11 am PT

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Coronavirus Preparedness – Managing the Message to Your Community

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The entire nation is braced for a potential COVID-19 pandemic. The novel coronavirus was first detected in China and has now spread to more than 90 countries around the world, including the United States. COVID-19 has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO).

It is essential for correct information about the risks associated with the virus to be effectively communicated to the public, the steps that should be taken to prevent infection, and the actions to take if infection is suspected.

Getting the message out to residents in your local community is important to help prevent the spread of the disease, but what is the best approach to take to ensure correct information is provided and how can you prepare for a pandemic disease outbreak?

Rave Mobile Safety is hosting a timely webinar in which important issues will be discussed including strategies for pandemic preparedness, best practices for effective communication during a disease outbreak, and how organizations can leverage technology to inform and protect their community.

Speakers:

  • Steve Mullings, Emergency Planner and Continuity Director, University of Alaska
  • Don Aviv, President, Interfor International
  • Mark Escott, EMS System Medical Director, City of Austin and Travis County, TX.

Date:   Wednesday March 18, 2020. 

Time:   1pm-2pm ET

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N.B. HIPAA Journal is not participating in this event and has not been paid for promoting this webinar.  If your organization is running a survey or web event that is of interest to healthcare professionals, you can contact us with the details.

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HIMSS20 Cancelled Over COVID-19 Fears

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The 2020 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference (HIMSS 20) has been cancelled due to the continuing spread of COVID-19. More than 40,000 individuals and 1,300 exhibitors were due to attend the conference, which was scheduled to run from March 9 through March 13 in Orlando, Florida.

Following new advice issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the decision was taken to cancel the conference. This is the first time the HIMSS conference has been cancelled in its 58-year history.

Healthcare professionals from around the world were due to attend the HIMSS conference, some of whom may already have been exposed to COVID-19. HIMSS has been assessing the novel coronavirus outbreak for several weeks but as the event grew close, the risks increased considerably. Last week HIMSS explained that it was closely monitoring the outbreak on an hour-by-hour basis and several major exhibitors pulled out of the conference, including Humana, Amazon, and Cisco.

New information from the WHO and CDC highlighted the risks involved in going ahead with the conference.  HIMSS explained it has a responsibility to protect its members, employees, and local residents and there could also be negative consequences from displacing medical professionals at a critical time when they would likely be needed at work to help prevent the spread of the disease and ensure infected patients receive they care they need.

“In coordination with an external advisory panel of medical professionals to support evidence-based decision making, it is clear that it would be an unacceptable risk to bring so many thousands of people together in Orlando next week,” explained HIMSS in a statement issued on Thursday.

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HIMSS20 Cancelled Over COVID-19 Fears

Posted by HIPAA Journal

The 2020 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference (HIMSS 20) has been cancelled due to the continuing spread of COVID-19. More than 40,000 individuals and 1,300 exhibitors were due to attend the conference, which was scheduled to run from March 9 through March 13 in Orlando, Florida.

Following new advice issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the decision was taken to cancel the conference. This is the first time the HIMSS conference has been cancelled in its 58-year history.

Healthcare professionals from around the world were due to attend the HIMSS conference, some of whom may already have been exposed to COVID-19. HIMSS has been assessing the novel coronavirus outbreak for several weeks but as the event grew close, the risks increased considerably. Last week HIMSS explained that it was closely monitoring the outbreak on an hour-by-hour basis and several major exhibitors pulled out of the conference, including Humana, Amazon, and Cisco.

New information from the WHO and CDC highlighted the risks involved in going ahead with the conference.  HIMSS explained it has a responsibility to protect its members, employees, and local residents and there could also be negative consequences from displacing medical professionals at a critical time when they would likely be needed at work to help prevent the spread of the disease and ensure infected patients receive they care they need.

“In coordination with an external advisory panel of medical professionals to support evidence-based decision making, it is clear that it would be an unacceptable risk to bring so many thousands of people together in Orlando next week,” explained HIMSS in a statement issued on Thursday.

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Webinar 03/18/20: Discover the Untold Benefits of HIPAA Compliance

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If you are a HIPAA-covered entity, current business associate, or you are looking to start providing services to healthcare organizations, you will need to ensure that your business is fully compliant with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Rules.

In the event of a compliance audit or data breach investigation you will need to demonstrate that you have implemented an effective compliance program and are compliant with the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Omnibus, and Breach Notification Rules. However, there are many more benefits to HIPAA compliance than simply being able to pass a compliance audit.

On March 18, 2020, HIPAA Journal sponsor, Compliancy Group, will be hosting a free webinar to explain the full benefits of HIPAA compliance and the lasting positive impact HIPAA compliance can have on your organization, from protecting your reputation to differentiating your business from the competition.

During the webinar you will be provided with tips on how your organization can start leveraging the true benefits of HIPAA compliance and by the end of the session you will have learned how you can start using compliance to grow your business!

Webinar Details:

Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Time: 2:00 pm ET / 11:oo am PT

Register for the Webinar

About Compliancy Group

Compliancy Group is the industry leader in HIPAA compliance. The company offers an affordable service to help your business meet all its obligations under the HIPAA Rules.

The company was founded in 2005 by former compliance auditors who found there were few options available to small-to medium-sized businesses to effectively address compliance without having to use incomplete solutions or hire expensive lawyers.

Compliance Group developed a software solution, The Guard, that steers businesses through the compliance process. Compliancy Group is the only compliance company that provides guided support to simplify the compliance process.

In the event of a compliance audit, help will be provided to ensure it runs as smoothly as possible. No Compliancy Group client has ever failed a compliance audit.

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