Posts Tagged ‘sales’

When is PHI Not PHI?

Tuesday, August 27th, 2013

The deadline for complying with the Omnibus Rule is quickly approaching. Psst…it’s September 23 for most covered entities (CEs) and business associates (BAs).  I’ve been tardy in getting blog posts made because I’ve been happy to have the opportunity to help my hundreds of Compliance Helper and Privacy Professor clients to get into compliance with all the HIPAA and HITECH rules, many just getting there for the first time, in addition to the Omnibus Rule changes and new requirements. I’ve been getting a lot of HIPAA questions from many of the CEs and BAs. I thought it would be helpful to provide some of them on my blog. I’ll start with an interesting question about (more…)

Sales and Marketers: Don’t Diss the Info Sec Pros

Wednesday, July 31st, 2013

This past week one of my marketing friends made a statement I’ve heard far too many sales and marketing folks say over the years.

“The IT Security folks don’t have decision-making authority, and they aren’t concerned with anything beyond their network. I try not to spend too much time on them.”

It reminded me of when I was responsible for information security and privacy at a multi-national financial and healthcare organization throughout the 1990’s. I had (more…)

3 Privacy Mistakes For Social Media And Marketing

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

I love marketing and sales folks. Our businesses would be lost (well, at least have less revenues) without them! I’ve worked with many different sales and marketing folks throughout the past couple of decades, and I appreciate their enthusiasm and creativity to find ways in which they can help their organizations make more revenue. (more…)