HIPAA Academy™ and SearchHealthIT.com™ Forge Collaborative Partnership, Provide Education and Collaboration to Health Care Information Technology Pros
Health IT Exchange™ Community to Feature Expertise from HIPAA Academy™ CEO Ali Pabrai, Industry Specialist on HIPAA Compliance and Information Privacy and Security
NEWTON, Mass.—Online media resource, SearchHealthIT.com, announces a collaborative partnership with the HIPAA Academy, a solutions and accreditation organization geared towards ensuring privacy, security and compliance within the health care industry. SearchHealthIT.com™, is a website designed for healthcare information technology (HIT) professionals who are charged with making complex technology assessments and purchases to maintain HITECH compliance.
As a regulatory compliance and security expert in the field, and one of the industry’s foremost thought-leaders on the subject, HIPAA Academy co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ali Pabrai, MSEE, CISSP, CSCS, will lend his expertise as a professional contributor on SearchHealthIT.com’s community portal, Health IT Exchange. Ali’s practical, real-world experience and deep understanding of the current HIT environment is a true asset in assisting key stakeholders with HIPAA compliance maintenance and privacy and security mandate awareness. Join Ali Pabrai for a compelling complimentary Webcast, Are Your Policies Audit Ready?, on July 8, 2010. Visit www.ecfirst.com for details and to register.
“As a premier editorial and educational source for the growing field of health care IT professionals, I look forward to lending my knowledge and market experience to SearchHealthIT.com’s community and aim to address the mission-critical steps that HIT stakeholders must take to ensure compliance and the security of data in the era of increasing electronic data exchange.” – Ali Pabrai, Member of FBI InfraGard & HIPAA Academy CEO.
Launched in conjunction with SearchHealthIT.com this spring, the Health IT Exchange™ community portal is the corresponding networking arm of the site, available to our 184,000 health care members who represent two-thirds of all US hospitals. Through this interactive network, HIT professionals can access industry colleagues 24 hours a day to pose questions on the Q&A forum, garner peer-to-peer expertise from member blogs and learn about today’s leading technologies and federal regulations, all while collaborating on best practice frameworks for technical implementation. The editorial focus on practical implementation of these technologies, along with the Health IT Exchange™ networking portal, offers a unique forum for education and support as health care IT professionals navigate their ways through the ever-changing HIT landscape.
For more information on SearchHealthIT.com media opportunities, please contact Stephanie Corby, Associate Publisher of Health Care IT Media, TechTarget, at 617-431-9354.
For more information on the HIPAA Academy, please visit http://www.ecfirst.com, http://www.hipaaacademy.net or contact John.Schelewitz@ecfirst.com.
About TechTarget
TechTarget (http://www.techtarget.com), a leading online technology media company, gives technology providers ROI-focused marketing programs to generate leads, shorten sales cycles, and grow revenues. With its network of more than 60 technology-specific websites and more than 7.5 million registered members, TechTarget is a primary Web destination for technology professionals researching products to purchase. The company is also a leading provider of independent, peer and vendor content, a leading distributor of white papers, and a leading producer of webcasts, podcasts, videos and virtual trade shows for the technology market. Its websites are complemented by numerous invitation-only events. TechTarget provides proven lead generation and branding programs to top advertisers including Cisco, Dell, EMC, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, SAP and Symantec.
About ecfirst – Home of the HIPAA Academy
ecfirst, home of the HIPAA Academy, delivers deep expertise to healthcare covered entities, business associates and Personal Health Record (PHR) vendors with its full suite of services that include:
- Evaluation Program (Seal of Compliance)
- Risk Analysis
- Technical Vulnerability Assessment
- On-Demand Compliance Services (10 hours or more of specialized, packaged services)
- Contingency Planning/Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
- Social Engineering
- Managed Compliance
- Security Audit
With over 1,500 clients since 1999 and recognized as an Inc. 500 firm – America’s fastest growing Top 500 privately held business in its 1st year of eligibility, ecfirst has enabled hundreds of organizations all across the United States and abroad, achieve and maintain compliance with regulations and standards that impact their business. ecfirst is Minority Business Enterprise Certified and accredited by the Better Business Bureau (BBB).
