Privacy & Security
Purpose:
The Privacy and Security Steering Committee provides oversight and strategic directions for HIMSS projects, policies and other matters relating to privacy and security issues associated with the exchange and storage of electronic health information.
Chair Person:
Erik Pupo, MBA
Health Interoperability Architect, Vangent Inc.
Alexandria, VA
Committee Members
Thompson Boyd MD, CPHIMS
Physician Tenet Health Systems
Bonnie Cassidy MBA, FAHIMA, RHIA, FHIMSS
Strategic Leader, CCHIT
Steven J. Fox, J.D.
Partner Post & Schell, PC
Tyrone Grandison BS, MBA, MS, PhD
Manager IBM Almaden Research Center
John Hummel, BS
CTO Perot System
Michael McMillan, MA
CEO CynergisTek Inc
Guy Paterson BS, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
President, ISIS Health Informatics Resource Group Inc
Sheri Rawlings
IS Director Newman Regional Health
Contact:
Lisa A. Gallagher, BSEE, CISM
Senior Director, Privacy and Security
HIMSS
(703) 562-8816
lgallagher@himss.org
Task Forces
Privacy and Security Policy Task ForceWork Groups
Information Systems Security Work GroupMedical Device Security Work Group
Patient Identity Integrity Work Group
Privacy & Security Toolkit Work Group
Task Forces
Privacy and Security Policy Task Force
Purpose:
This Task Force supports HIMSS Policy activities by providing privacy and security expertise and input such as position statements, explanatory/educational materials, and model legislative texts for distribution to federal, state and local lawmakers as appropriate.
Chair Person:
Dixie B. Baker, PhD
Senior Vice President
SAIC
Contact:
Lisa A. Gallagher, BSEE, CISM
Senior Director, Privacy and Security
HIMSS
(703) 562-8816
lgallagher@himss.org
Work Groups
Information Systems Security Work Group
Purpose:
The Information Systems Security WG is dedicated to creating a framework for achieving an integrated information security system model for healthcare as well as creating practical best practice guides and tools for healthcare information security practitioners that individual security managers can use to assist them in developing their own programs, guiding their product selection processes, and inform their policy decisions.
Chair Person:
Sharon Finney
Corporate Data Security Officer
Adventist Health System
Contact:
Lisa A. Gallagher, BSEE, CISM
Senior Director, Privacy and Security
HIMSS
(703) 562-8816
lgallagher@himss.org
Medical Device Security Work Group
Purpose:
Identify both the security issues associated with medical devices and systems, and the best practices available to address those issues.
Contact:
Lisa A. Gallagher, BSEE, CISM
Senior Director, Privacy and Security
HIMSS
(703) 562-8816
lgallagher@himss.org
Patient Identity Integrity Work Group
Purpose:
The purpose of this work group is to develop a whitepaper that will identify the complex of issues that surround accurate identification of an individual’s information within and across systems, as well as the business processes that must be in place to support and maintain data integrity for quality of care.
Chair:
Barbara Demster MS RHIA CHCQM
Privacy and Security Consultant
Contact:
Lisa A. Gallagher, BSEE, CISM
Senior Director, Privacy and Security
HIMSS
(703) 562-8816
lgallagher@himss.org
Privacy & Security Toolkit Work Group
Purpose:
Ongoing maintenance and updates to the HIMSS Privacy & Security Toolkit which outlines general principles and provides best practices and examples of how health care providers should manage the security of their paper and electronic records.
Chair Person:
Ted Cooper, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Stanford University
Contact:
Lisa A. Gallagher, BSEE, CISM
Senior Director, Privacy and Security
HIMSS
(703) 562-8816
lgallagher@himss.org
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