Dr. Waël Hassan
Big data has become a part of our everyday lives in ways that most people are not fully aware of and don’t understand.Hospitals are struggling to keep up with the pace of innovation and figure out how to regulate a […]
Dr. Wael Hassan
Heath Adams
IT Security Expert with focus on ethical hacking, penetration testing, vulnerability analysis, and network security. Hard-working, energetic, personable, and technical-minded individual. Possess exceptional customer service and communication skills with the strong ability to multitask and resolve issues quickly. TALK Heath will talk […]
Adrienne McKean
is a highly regarded sales leader in the Enterprise Telecom and Technology fields. Adrienne has over 20 years of experience leading sales organizations, most recently at Allstream, GTT Canada and now CaptoCloud. She also led successful sales & marketing programs […]
Ryan Youngerman
Ryan will present the audience how an AI solution can be built as a Large Data Analysis Contact Tracing. We are going to see how we leverage EMR logs for COVID contact tracing and if can the digital access log be […]
“HIPAA Compliant” Applications
Canadian healthcare providers have often asked, do health applications advertised as “HIPAA-compliant” offer some legal assurance? Often, the answer is no. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the main US law governing privacy and information security in healthcare, does […]
Canadian Healthcare and U.S. Cloud Services: Is HIPAA Compliance Good Enough for Canadian Health Data?
Many Canadian healthcare organizations are asking questions about using U.S.-based cloud service providers to manage services such as email and databases. Cloud service providers in the U.S. and public organizations in Canada often ask whether compliance with the Health Insurance […]
Canadian Mobile Health Initiatives: Lessons Learned
Recent Canadian initiatives suggest that mobile health applications can help integrate healthcare into individuals’ daily lives, by enabling remote communication between healthcare providers and patients. These first initiatives have revealed significant opportunities for healthcare, as well as important challenges to […]
Extending the Reach of Healthcare: Mobile Health Devices, Privacy and CRTC Compliance
Mobile health devices have extended the reach of healthcare by making it possible for clinicians to monitor patients’ health on a day-to-day basis, regardless of their physical location. These technologies have a great potential to improve care for patients who […]
Where do we start? Privacy first steps for community health providers
Individual health practitioners and community health organizations usually have some awareness of privacy regulations and have developed a privacy policy, but may struggle to integrate privacy principles into their daily operations. Here are our answers to the question, “Where do […]
Our Privacy Impact Assessment Approach
Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) are a key tool for demonstrating compliance with privacy laws. We outline our approach to basic institutional PIAs, as well as PIAs for multi-institutional or multi-jurisdictional data initiatives. The KI Design approach to a single institutional […]