Chris Bedel

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Spartan Super

by Chris Bedel | Oct 24, 2015

I ran the Chicago Spartan Super in September. Wow. I had ran several Spartan Sprints before, but this was 8+ miles with over 25 obstacles including wall climbs, log carries, swimming, rope climb,...

Healthcare Practitioners: First, do no harm...

by Chris Bedel | Aug 17, 2015

First, do no harm: protect your patients' information. I sometimes find it interesting that healthcare practices that are entirely dedicated to the wellness of their patients, don't take steps to...

HIPAA Lessons Learned from an OCR Investigator

by Chris Bedel | Aug 7, 2015

[feather_share] I recently had the opportunity to attend a presentation by an OCR Investigator from the Chicago region. It was very interesting to hear what the HIPAA investigation process looked...

Privacy and Security Training Games

by Chris Bedel | Jul 25, 2015

I had a contact of mine turn me on to HealthIT.gov. There is some good content there. One page that caught my eye offered a couple training games; one on privacy/security, the other on business...

Business Continuity Planning

by Chris Bedel | Jul 21, 2015

Don't let Mother Nature get your business down. Here in the midwest, summer storms can really take their toll on business operations. We were especially hit hard this last weekend and it got me...

4 Tips for Your Small Office Network

by Chris Bedel | Jun 15, 2015

[feather_share] I recently had a small business owner approach me on some things that they could do to improve the security of their office network. They already had a basic firewall in place and...

I ran the Ohio Spartan Beast

by Chris Bedel | Jun 8, 2015

What were we doing out there? The thought hit me upside the head about 8 miles and 20 obstacles into the 13+ mile, 32 obstacle course: "We are actually paying to do this!?!" When I said it out loud,...

HIPAA Security Rule Compliance

by Chris Bedel | May 29, 2015

[feather_share] The updated April 2015 guide is out for HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance. It is intended to help SMB practices develop a plan of attack to become compliant. If you want to get...

vCIO? vCISO? What's the big deal?

by Chris Bedel | Apr 30, 2015

What's the big deal? The big deal is this: the cybersecurity, internet-of-everything, social media, smartphone world we live in is only going to intensify. You, as a leader of your business need to...

HIPAA Lessons Learned

by Chris Bedel | Apr 28, 2015

The HIPAA Security Rule is not going away... An article by Shannon Reed:

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