Health Care Emergency Management and Cybersecurity

Overview

If you’re a leader in IT, operations, emergency management, security or in your department, join us for this timely webinar. You’ll learn how your facility or system can prepare for, respond to and recover from extended periods of downtime caused by natural or human-made incidents.

The session will cover best practices for emergency operations planning, incident command activation, business continuity, recovery strategies, cyber risk mitigation and regulatory compliance. You’ll gain actionable insights on how to build organizational resilience and maintain care continuity during times of crisis.

What You’ll Learn

• An overview of threats — natural disasters, cyberattacks and utility failures — that cause extended health care downtime
• Insights into the structure and responsibilities of health care emergency management teams
• A framework for developing emergency operations plans (EOPs) and risk mitigation strategies
• Techniques for conducting business continuity drills, staff training and after-action reviews
• Cybersecurity preparedness strategies including Zero Trust, EDR, MFA and vendor oversight
• Real-world examples of incidents and their impact on patient care and compliance

Takeaways

Following this program, you’ll be able to:

• Strengthen vendor risk oversight and improve coordination across clinical and technical tea
• Develop or refine your organization’s EOP to align with health care regulations
• Identify high-risk scenarios and implement mitigation strategies for both natural and human-made incidents
• Prepare staff and systems for manual operations and communication during IT outages
• Implement resilient infrastructure practices, including cloud backups, failover systems and BC/DR testing

Presenters

Gerry Blass is president and CEO of ComplyAssistant, a HASC Endorsed Business Partner. ComplyAssistant provides governance, (GRC) software and health care cybersecurity service solutions to over 100 health care organizations of all sizes, focusing on HIPAA, HITECH, Omnibus, Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices (HICP), PCI, NIST and other federal and state health care regulations.

Blass currently co-chairs the New Jersey HIMSS Privacy, Security, and Compliance Committee and participates in national and local chapter events in New York, New Jersey and Delaware Valley.

Blass regularly writes for health care compliance and health IT publications. He’s an active member, contributor and speaker at industry association events. Find him on LinkedIn.

Tom Soto, CISSP, chief information officer, HASC, will serve as moderator.

Contacts

For any questions, please contact the Education Department staff.