Improving Compliance Policy to Reduce Copyright Risks
featuring a case study from MultiCare Health System

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To provide the best patient care, hospital staff needs to share journal articles, publications and clinical research information without letting copyright issues get in the way. Learn why a copyright policy is important and the methods MultiCare used to effectively communicate policy to hospital staff. MultiCare Health System explains how they successfully established a workable copyright compliance policy supported by strong staff education and effective communications to reduce exposure to unlawful content sharing.

 

You Will Learn:

  • The importance of copyright compliance within your hospital
  • How to avoid exposure to copyright infringement
  • How to create a streamlined, comprehensive copyright policy for information sharing
  • Effective management of copyright communications and training
  • The need for ownership and controls to eliminate copyright risks

 

Speakers:

Catherine Wakefield, CPA, CIA, CHC, CRMA FHFMA is the Vice President, Corporate Compliance and Internal Audit at MultiCare Health System. With over 25 years of health care finance experience and 7 years clinical experience (dialysis specialty), Catherine's hospital finance background includes positions in Revenue Management, Controller, Chief Financial Officer, Compliance and Internal Audit. As CFO, she had administrative responsibility for Financial Accounting, Patient Financial Services, Information Services, Health Information Management, Materials Management, Contracting, and Registration functions.

Ms Wakefiled is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts, Washington Society of Certified Public Accounts, Health Care Compliance Association, Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors, Institute of Internal Auditors, and HealthCare Financial Management Association.

 


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