National HIPAA Audioconference: update on
Crucial HIPAA Privacy and Security
Developments – 5 Years After Implementation
Steven S. Lazarus, PhD, CPEHR, CPHIT, FHIMSS
President, Boundary Information Group and
Health IT Certification, LLC
Moderator
May 14, 2008
Steve Lazarus
Boundary Information Group
Health IT Certification, LLC
Strategies for workflow, productivity, quality
and patient satisfaction improvement through
health care information
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Business process consultant focusing on electronic
health records, and electronic transactions between
organizations
Former positions with MGMA, University of Denver,
Dartmouth College
Active leader in the Workgroup for Electronic Data
Interchange (WEDI)
Speaker and author (two books on HIPAA Security
and one on electronic health records)
Recipient of the HIMSS 2005 Book of the Year Award
Recipient of Vision and Leadership as WEDI
Chairman, WEDI Corporate Leadership Award, and
WEDI Distinguished Service awards
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Strategic IT business
process planning
ROI/benefits realization
Project management
and oversight
Workflow redesign
Education and training
Vendor selection and
enhanced use of vendor
products
Facilitate collaborations
among organizations to
share/exchange health
care information
EHR and RHIO training
and facilitation
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Expert HIPAA Witness
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Permitted to testify as an expert HIPAA Witness in
the State of Alaska Courts in the case of
ASEA/AFSCME Local 52 Health Benefits Trust, Plaintiff
v. EILEEN OLSON, Defendant; and EILEEN OLSON,
Counterclaim Plaintiff v. ASEA/AFSCME LOCAL 52
HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST and JOHN AND JANE
DOES 1 THROUGH 8, Counterclaim Defendants
Key documents relying on an expert testimony
◦ The written duties and responsibilities of Trustees document
which they signed when become
trustees(http://www.asaehealth.org/servlet/content/130.html)
◦ Trust policy on privacy
(http://www.asaehealth.org/servlet/content/1131.html)
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Contact Information
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Steven S. Lazarus, PhD, CPEHR, CPHIT, FHIMSS
President, Boundary Information Group
Co-Founder, Health IT Certification, LLC
4401 South Quebec Street, #100
Denver, CO 80237
(303) 488-9911
sslazarus@aol.com
www.boundary.net
www.healthitcertification.com
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