Tom Walsh

Founder and Managing Partner, tw-Security

Tom Walsh, CISSP, is the Founder and Managing Partner of tw-Security, a nationally recognized healthcare security firm that began in 2003. Tom is a co-author of four books on healthcare information security. He is frequently a speaker at national conventions and is often quoted in trade journals. Tom has over 28 years of information security experience.

Healthcare Information Security Today: Survey Results and Analysis

Presented by Dan Berger , Michael Bruemmer , Tom Walsh • February 13, 2013

What steps are healthcare organizations taking to prevent breaches? Where are organizations most vulnerable? And what are the top data security priorities for the year ahead? For answers to these questions and more, check out the Healthcare Information Security Today webinar. Howard Anderson, news editor at...

HITECH Tips: Using EHR Security Functions for Protecting Patient Information

Presented by Tom Walsh • November 11, 2010

In 2011, hospitals and physicians can apply for HITECH Act incentive payments for using certified electronic health records software. To be certified as qualifying for the Medicare and Medicaid incentive program, EHR software must have numerous security capabilities that, until now, have often been missing from...

HIPAA & HITECH Updates: The Vendors' Guide to the Security Essentials

Presented by Kate Borten , Tom Walsh • August 2, 2010

Sorting through all the complex security details in three new federal regulations is challenging -- but essential. These rules could help set a healthcare organization's security priorities. And whether you're a business associate directly impacted by the regulations, or a service vendor helping organizations be...

HIPAA Modifications & HITECH Rules: A Guide to the Security Essentials

Presented by Kate Borten , Tom Walsh • July 16, 2010

Sorting through all the complex security details in three new federal regulations is challenging -- but essential. These rules could help set your organization's security priorities. Join us for this exclusive session in which noted experts will pinpoint the key provisions of a proposal to modify the HIPAA privacy...

Employees Clueless on How HITECH Impacts Them

Tom Walsh • February 1, 2010

Patients have a right to know when their information was disclosed or breached. And so does the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and in some extreme cases, your local news media - largely because of the HITECH Act.