Health Information Compliance Alert
Conference Calendar Corner
Shake February's chilly-weather blues with these interesting HIPAA-related events:
February 9 (12:45-2:30 PM ET): "HIPAA Contingency Planning" (CMS and Sharp WorkGroup; Audioconference). Call (877) 203-0044 and use ID number 3066985.
February 9-10 in Atlanta: "HIPAA Security Workshop" (Health Care Compliance Association) www.hcca-info.org.
February 13-17 in Dallas: "HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition" (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) www.conference.himss.org.
February 16 (1:00 PM ET): "HIPAA Security Roundtable: Creating User Accounts and Password Management" (Quick Compliance; Webcast) www.quickcompliance.net/prodsvc/campaign/security/security-roundtable-agenda.html#password.
February 23 in Baltimore: "HIPAA Security Workshop" (Health Care Compliance Association) www.hcca-info.org.
February 28 (12:45-2:30 PM ET): "HIPAA Security Implementation Documentation" (CMS and SharpWorkGroup; Teleconference). Call (877) 203-0044 and use ID number 3066989.
February 24 (2:00-3:00 PM ET): "Key Indicators That Your Security Program Is HIPAA Compliant" (Thompson Interactive) www.thompsoninteractive.com.
February 25 in Lake Buena Vista, FL: "Why You Still Need to Care about HIPAA" 6th Annual Conference On Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law (American Bar Association) www.abanet.org/health/02_programs/01_emerging_issues.html.
Coming in March:
March 6-8 in San Francisco: "Health Information Technology Summit West" (HIT) www.hitsummit.com.
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Conference Calendar Corner
Shake February's chilly-weather blues with these interesting HIPAA-related events:
February 9 (12:45-2:30 PM ET): "HIPAA [...]
