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Brenda Ruelas
IT Director Security Governance at AMITA Health
Libertyville, IL, United States
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Experience:
2018 : Present
AMITA Health
IT Director Security Governance
2017 :
AMITA Health
Health Information Security Director & ISO
Stericycle Communication Solutions, Inc. offers a wide variety of patient communications services to health system, ambulatory care and medical practice clients. Our live voice and automated solutions range from After Hours Answering Service and Daytime Call Management to Patient Follow-up Calls, Physician Referral Services, Pre-Op/Pre-Registration and Appointment Reminders. The solutions allow for live voice call assistance with an electronic means of delivery on the back end to the medical staff. Stericycle Communication Solutions, Inc., products are designed to enhance the efficiency of the medical practice or healthcare system and increase profitability.
As Director of HIPAA Compliance serve as Enterprise-wide Privacy and Security Official and provide direction to the company on HIPAA compliance. Responsible for the creation and implementation of the HIPAA Compliance Program to include policy and procedure development, Business Associate Agreements (BAA) review and approval, corporate and call center HIPAA Assessments, remediation reports, training, audit and monitoring of the overall program. Provide direction on privacy and security incident management and resolution.
2012 : 2017
Stericycle Communication Solutions, Inc.
Director, HIPAA Compliance
Manage and coordinate the activities of the Security Administration Team for Advocate Health Care. Team supports the application access, management and audit of computer access for 30,000 employees across the Chicagoland area. In this role review, design and implement security processes, procedures and policy. Coordinated the Risk Analysis for Meaningful Use Criteria. Responsible for overseeing security team project management and initiatives.
2009 : 2012
Advocate Health Care
Manager of Network Security & Regulatory Compliance
Established and managed the enterprise-wide information privacy and security program. Oversight of company-wide efforts to identify and evaluate all critical systems. Design and implemented security processes and procedures. Coordinated external audit review. Established electronic access protocol for physicians and outside entities for access to hospital information. Served as both the HIPAA Privacy and Security Officer. Responsibilities included complaint investigation and response, provided guidance to organization through policy, guidelines, education and awareness.
Established Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity processes that included the development of 135+ plans in preparation for Network Infrastructure replacement. Established communication protocols, policy, forms and planning.
2007 : 2009
Advocate Condell Medical Center
IT Security & HIPAA Compliance Officer
AMITA Health
IT Director Security Governance
2017 :
AMITA Health
Health Information Security Director & ISO
Stericycle Communication Solutions, Inc. offers a wide variety of patient communications services to health system, ambulatory care and medical practice clients. Our live voice and automated solutions range from After Hours Answering Service and Daytime Call Management to Patient Follow-up Calls, Physician Referral Services, Pre-Op/Pre-Registration and Appointment Reminders. The solutions allow for live voice call assistance with an electronic means of delivery on the back end to the medical staff. Stericycle Communication Solutions, Inc., products are designed to enhance the efficiency of the medical practice or healthcare system and increase profitability.
As Director of HIPAA Compliance serve as Enterprise-wide Privacy and Security Official and provide direction to the company on HIPAA compliance. Responsible for the creation and implementation of the HIPAA Compliance Program to include policy and procedure development, Business Associate Agreements (BAA) review and approval, corporate and call center HIPAA Assessments, remediation reports, training, audit and monitoring of the overall program. Provide direction on privacy and security incident management and resolution.
2012 : 2017
Stericycle Communication Solutions, Inc.
Director, HIPAA Compliance
Manage and coordinate the activities of the Security Administration Team for Advocate Health Care. Team supports the application access, management and audit of computer access for 30,000 employees across the Chicagoland area. In this role review, design and implement security processes, procedures and policy. Coordinated the Risk Analysis for Meaningful Use Criteria. Responsible for overseeing security team project management and initiatives.
2009 : 2012
Advocate Health Care
Manager of Network Security & Regulatory Compliance
Established and managed the enterprise-wide information privacy and security program. Oversight of company-wide efforts to identify and evaluate all critical systems. Design and implemented security processes and procedures. Coordinated external audit review. Established electronic access protocol for physicians and outside entities for access to hospital information. Served as both the HIPAA Privacy and Security Officer. Responsibilities included complaint investigation and response, provided guidance to organization through policy, guidelines, education and awareness.
Established Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity processes that included the development of 135+ plans in preparation for Network Infrastructure replacement. Established communication protocols, policy, forms and planning.
2007 : 2009
Advocate Condell Medical Center
IT Security & HIPAA Compliance Officer
Company:
AMITA Health
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Specialties:
ecFirst, Certified Cybersecurity Architect (CCSA), 2018
AHIMA, Certified in Healthcare Privacy and Security (CHPS), April 2013
ISACA, Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), September 2012
HITRUST Alliance, Certified CSF Practitioner, May 2011
ITIL Foundation V3 Certification, November 2019
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