Health Information Compliance Alert
Conference Calendar Corner
Don't stress over your security rule compliance. Check out a security-related event in your area.
January 5 (1:00 PM EST): "Security Training: Who, What and How" HIPAA Security Roundtable (Quick Compliance) www.quickcompliance.net/prodsvc/campaign/security/securityroundtable-agenda.html#training.
January 12 (11:30 - 1:00 PM CST): "Detailed Review Of The HIPAA Security Regulations" (Baird Holm Law Firm) www.ihaonline.org/upcomingevent/program%2005/HIPAA%20Security%20Audioconference.pdf.
January 14 (TBA): "HIPAA Readiness Collaborative - Privacy Workgroup" (Hawaii Health Information Corporation) www.hhic.org/hipaa/.
January 19 (1:00 PM EST) "Information System Activity Reviews" HIPAA Secuity Roundtable (Quick Compliance) www.quickcompliance.net/prodsvc/campaign/security/security-roundtable-agenda.html#information.
January 24 - 25 in Ft. Worth, Texas: "A Path To Compliance With The Security Rule" (HCCA) http://www.hcca-info.org/eseries/StaticContent/HIPAAwshp.pdf.
January 24 - 27 in Las Vegas: "HIPAA Security Training" (HIPAA Academy) store. www.yahoo.com/hipaaacademy/5daofhisetrs.html.
January 25 (TBA) "Transition From Paper To Electronic Records" (AHIMA) www.imis.ahima.org/orders/productByType.cfm?t=1.
January 26 (11:30 - 1:00 PM CST): "Implementing The HIPAA Security Regulations" (Baird Holm Law Firm) www.ihaonline.org/upcomingevent/program2005/HIPAASecurityAudioconference.pdf.
January 27 - 28 in Las Vegas: "A Path to Compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule" (Health Care Compliance Association) http://www.hccainfo.org/eseries/StaticContent/HIPAAwshp.pdf.
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