PHIT Circle – Cybersecurity in Health Care

Chris Witt moderated a panel of local thought leaders at the October 19, 2017 PHIT Circle event – Cybersecurity in Health Care: Where Patient Data Encounters the Vulnerabilities of the Dark Web. The panel included: Mark Eggleston (CISO – Health Plan Partners) Kevin Hyde (Managing Director – Layer 8 Security) Dave Snyder (CISO – IBX)

PAMGMA – IT Security Panel Discussion

Chris Witt was invited to participate on the IT Security Panel Discussion at the PA MGMA Annual Conference held on May 4, 2017. Chris was joined by: Brian J. Courtney (The Safegard Group, Inc.) Chris Campbell (Cardiology Consultants of Philadelphia) Anne Winner (Chubb)

PACT – Navigating Risk

Chris Witt was invited to be part of the speaking panel at PACT’s Digital Health Half-Day Summit on March 17, 2016. The topic was Navigating Risk and covered the basics of cybersecurity, liability, data, compliance, and regulatory concerns that innovators and entrepreneurs must address when developing and pitching their product. Chris was joined by: Mark  … Read more

DVHIMSS – Security Incidence Response

Chris Witt was invited by Delaware Valley HIMSS to speak on their April 5, 2016 webinar titled Security Incidence Response: Taking the lead rather than being taken hostage. Chris was joined by Lisa Clark (Duane Morris) and Michael McKinley (Allied InfoSecurity).

Healthcare Business Today

Chris Witt was published on Healthcare Business Today. The very popular article, HIPAA vs The Cloud, discusses the challenges healthcare organizations face when looking to a future in the public cloud. Read the article.

Executive Insight

Chris Witt was published in Executive Insight magazine. The article entitled, The Cloud Contract talks of the key elements needed for executing a move to the public cloud. Read the article

“Cloud-based” Electronic Health Records

“Cloud-based” Electronic Health Records Chris Witt, discusses the benefits and considerations of “cloud-based” Electronic Health Records and other services for physician practices. Chances are you’ve heard about “cloud computing.” But what does this term mean, and why is it important for your practice? In this video interview using Skype, Chris Witt, CEO of Philadelphia-based WAKE  … Read more

HIPAA vs. the Cloud

HIPAA vs. the Cloud By Chris Witt If you are involved in HIT, you know all about HIPAA and the responsibility it puts on organizations to protect patient information. In HIPAA’s early days, there were only general guidelines and required outcomes to help direct IT departments in reaching compliance. The fact that most organizations maintained  … Read more

Do I Need A Data Center?

Do I Need A Data Center? By Chris Witt, WAKE TSI If you still own your own data center and this question has not already crossed your mind, then you might be spending more money than you need, subjecting your organization to unnecessary risk, or both. Your data center is the foundation for your entire  … Read more

Key attributes of solid contracts and SLAs for cloud hosting in health care

Key attributes of solid contracts and SLAs for cloud hosting in health care By Chris Witt, President and Co-Founder, WAKE TSI In my earlier entries, we discussed the pros and cons of using public cloud computing in the delivery of health care computing services and the key elements for executing a move to the public  … Read more

HIPAA vs The Cloud

HIPAA vs The Cloud September 09, 2011 | Chris Witt, CEO of Wake TSI If you are involved in healthcare IT, you know all about HIPAA and the responsibility it puts on the organization to protect patient information. In the early days of HIPAA regulations, there were only general guidelines and required outcomes to help  … Read more

Cloud computing in health care: Assessing the fit for your organization

Cloud computing in health care: Assessing the fit for your organization Guest post by: Chris Witt, CEO, WAKE Technology Services Does the cloud work for health care? The cloud is here and from a technology perspective it is fairly mature. However, from a vertical perspective – health care in this case – it is not  … Read more

HIPAA Implications on Cloud-Based HIT

HIPAA Implications on Cloud-Based HIT Written by Chris Witt, CEO of WAKE TSI If you are involved in healthcare IT, you know all about HIPAA and the responsibility it puts on the organization to protect patient information. In the early days of HIPAA regulations, there were only general guidelines and required outcomes to help direct  … Read more

E-Week

E-Week August 8, 2011: Cloud Computing Brings Challenges for Health Care Data Storage, Privacy To learn more about the state of cloud computing in the health care industry, eWEEK talks with Chris Witt, president of IT provider Wake Technology Services, about how health care companies should approach cloud computing. As health care companies grapple with  … Read more

HIPAA vs. the Cloud

HIPAA vs. the Cloud Aug 2nd, 2011 by admin. Source: Chris Witt, EHRWatch Content: “Since you are involved in healthcare IT, you know all about HIPAA and the responsibility it puts on the organization to protect patient information. In the early days of HIPAA regulations, there were only general guidelines and required outcomes to help  … Read more

HIPAA vs. the Cloud

HIPAA vs. the Cloud “Since you are involved in healthcare IT, you know all about HIPAA and the responsibility it puts on the organization to protect patient information. In the early days of HIPAA regulations, there were only general guidelines and required outcomes to help direct IT departments in reaching compliance. The fact that most  … Read more

HIPAA vs. the Cloud

HIPAA vs. the Cloud Posted on Fri, Jul 29, 2011 – 08:21 am Guest commentary by Chris Witt Since you are involved in healthcare IT, you know all about HIPAA and the responsibility it puts on the organization to protect patient information. In the early days of HIPAA regulations, there were only general guidelines and  … Read more

HIPAA vs The Cloud

HIPAA vs The Cloud 27 July 2011 | Chris Witt, WAKE TSI Cloud computing provides a cost effective service option for the IT needs of healthcare organizations; however, loss of assured end-to-end control of data can create HIPPA compliance issues. Chris Witt, CEO of WAKE Technology Services, serves up his perspective on the tradeoffs If  … Read more

Speaking Engagement: Cloud Computing and the Achievement of Meaningful Use

Cloud Computing and the Achievement of Meaningful Use Chris Witt will be speaking on a panel “Cloud Computing and the Achievement of Meaningful Use” at 3:55PM on 6/21/2011 at the Cloud Computing in Healthcare Conf. & Expo. Venue is the Philadelphia Hilton on City Ave. in Philadelphia. Details: 3:55 – 4:45 Cloud Computing and the  … Read more

Virtual Strategy Magazine

Virtual Strategy Magazine May 19th 2011: When Disaster Strikes: It’s Easier Than You Think to Protect Your Organization Byline by Chris Witt, CEO of WAKE TSI Japan, Katrina, World Trade Center – unimaginable tradegy and disaster. It seems endless; earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanic activity, tornados, wild fires, floods, snow and political unrest are all included  … Read more

Data Storage Connection

Data Storage Connection March 24, 2011, Data Storage Connection: Do I need a Data Center? Byline by Chris Witt, CEO of WAKE TSI If you still own your own data center and this question has not already crossed your mind, then you might be spending more money than you need, subjecting your organization to unnecessary  … Read more

Help Net Security

Help Net Security March 1 – Help Net Security: Do I Really Need a Data Center? Byline by Chris Witt, CEO of WAKE TSI If you still own your own data center and this question has not already crossed your mind, then you might be spending more money than you need, subjecting your organization to  … Read more

TechTarget Article

TechTarget.com Article Feb 10 – TechTarget.com: HIPAA Business Associate Agreement Key to Company’s Cloud Migration Article features content and comments by Chris Witt, CEO of WAKE TSI Concerns about HIPAA compliance are holding back many health care organizations, particularly hospitals, from jumping completely into cloud computing, said Chris Witt, CEO of WAKE TSI, a West  … Read more

TechTarget Article

TechTarget.com Article Feb 4 – TechTarget.com: Cloud Compliance, Cloud Encryption Top Enterprise Security Concerns Article features content and comments by Chris Witt, CEO of WAKE TSI

Press Release for December 2010

WAKE TSI Redefines America’s Business Technology Infrastructure Architecture and engineering technology leader celebrates saving over one hundred American institutions millions of dollars WEST CHESTER, PA – December 2010 – Until now, most IT departments spent seventy percent of their budget on ‘lights on’ activities and healthcare organizations spent seventy-five percent of theirs on the same.  … Read more