With the current and future provisions to the HITECH Act released this fall, and deadlines for compliance looming soon thereafter in February 2010, plans and providers are faced with many strategic and tactical HIT management decisions, though most are unprepared! DO NOT become an industry poster child for non-compliance and data breach disasters that can compromise both patient safety and institutional security and reputation. Can you afford a breach? Are you prepared to handle penalties and sanctions in the event of a breach?

Don't miss the unique opportunity to shield your organization from risk and liability by attending the mission-critical World Health Care Congress Leadership Summit on HITECH and HIPAA Compliance Management. Presenting strategic frameworks for the C-Suite and in-depth, tactical solutions for your IT and operations teams, this must attend Summit will feature industry experts and key association think-tank leaders presenting solutions on how to expose risk, minimize liability and maintain compliance in an environment of continual "HIT change."

2009 Speakers
James C. Pyles Principal Power, Pyles, Sutter & Verville, PC	Brandon Ho HIPAA Compliance Specialist, Pacific Regional Medical Command Tripler Army Medical Center
Rajeev Kapoor Vice President and Global Managing Director, Healthcare Vertical Verizon Business	Carlos Leyva, Esq. Managing Shareholder The Digital Business Law Group, P.A.
Deborah Leyva, RN, BSN Co-Chair, Ambulatory Sub-Committee, The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT); Blogger of Healthcare & Innovation, www.myhealthtechblog.com	Deven McGraw Director, Health Privacy Project Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
Uday Ali Pabrai, CISSP (ISSAP, ISSMP), CSCS™ Chief Executive Officer ecfirst and HIPAA Academy	John C. Parmigiani President, John C. Parmigiani and Associates, LLC; Former Director, Enterprise Standards, HCFA, Ellicott City, MD
Robert L. Siciliano Chief Executive Officer, IDTheftSecurity.com; Personal Security and Identity Theft Expert and Author, The Safety Minute: 01; Editorial Board Member, Bank Fraud & IT Security Report