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WASHINGTON D.C., April 29, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- HIMSS Media, a leading media organization that produces and distributes essential information to help advance better health through information technology (IT), today announced the latest details on its third annual Privacy & Security Forum. With the platinum sponsor Firehost announced, the event will be held in San Diego from June 16-17. The Forum will share practical, actionable solutions to organizations' top IT security challenges.

Featuring real-world case studies and peer-to-peer learning opportunities, the Forum will give attendees the tools and resources they need to create and sustain a culture of IT privacy and security within their organizations. From mobile devices to insider threats to responding to a breach, attendees will learn how to take control of their IT security.

Attendees will hear insights from opening keynote speaker Jim Doggett, Senior Vice President, Chief Security Officer and Chief Technology Risk Officer for Kaiser Permanente. Calling on more than 20 years of information security experience, Doggett will provide a big-picture perspective on the evolving nature of healthcare privacy and security initiatives. During his keynote presentation, Doggett will discuss the state of the health IT industry, how to protect an organizations' technology assets and data, and risk management's role in defining the future of healthcare.

The Forum's expert speakers include: Iliana Peters, senior advisor for HIPAA Compliance and Enforcement, OCR; Barbara McCarthy, privacy officer, Mayo Clinic; Theresa Cullen, CMIO, Veterans Health Administration; John Houston, vice president, privacy and information security, UPMC; Deven McGraw, chair, Privacy & Security Tiger Team, ONC; and many more senior healthcare privacy and security officers from around the country.

Speakers will share their ideas and experiences on topics that include:

"From hackers to HIPAA, organizations are searching for a better understanding of today's privacy and security challenges," said John Whelan, HIMSS Media vice president. "For professionals responsible for protecting their organization's data assets and managing their IT risk, this year's Privacy and Security Forum is going to give them the information they need to sleep better at night."

More details about the Privacy & Security Forum, including registration, exhibitor and sponsor information, can be found at http://www.healthprivacyforum.com.

About HIMSS Media

HIMSS Media produces and distributes essential information to help advance the transformation of health and healthcare through the best use of information technology. Over 500,000 leading healthcare influencers, medical professionals, policy makers and technology buyers around the world rely on the media, events, data and training materials to evaluate and implement effective improvements in patient care. With global scale and local expertise, HIMSS Media offers innovative, effective and measurable media and marketing solutions for health and healthcare technology marketers. For more information, go to http://www.himssmedia.com.

HIMSS Media is a part of HIMSS WorldWide, a cause-based global enterprise that produces health IT thought leadership, education, events, market research and media services around the world. Founded in 1961, HIMSS WorldWide encompasses more than 52,000 individual members, of which more than two-thirds work in healthcare provider, governmental and not-for-profit organizations across the globe, plus over 600 corporate members and 250 not-for-profit partner organizations, that share this cause. HIMSS WorldWide, headquartered in Chicago, serves global health IT communities with additional offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

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Sister Helena Burns

She calls herself a Media Nun and with 14,000 plus Twitter followers, Sister Helena Burns more than earns the title, sharing her faith-filled musings, charming selfies, and love of the Chicago Blackhawks across her multiple social media platforms.

Her digitally savvy outreach might seem like a nod to changing times, but in fact her tweets and instagrams honor the mission set for her order all the way back in 1915 when Father Alberione, the founder of the Daughters of St. Paul, determined that their purpose should be to harness the power of media to spread the word of the Lord.

I love to communicate. My talents lie in writing and communicating, says Burns of her affinity for the work. And I just believe we live in a media culture, so if we want to touch people on a deep level, what better way than through a book or a song or a film, something that people are used to turning to for inspiration, education, entertainment, relaxation.

Burns credits her first rate public school education in Massachusetts and the influence of her parents, in particular her father who she describes as a Renaissance man, with helping her cultivate her creative instincts. She later honed those instincts with her screenwriting studies at UCLA, something which has influenced her tweets in somewhat unusual ways.

At UCLA, they said for a love story, you shouldnt just have the characters say, I love you. You need to find a million ways to say I love you without saying it. And so Im always trying to find a million ways to tell people God loves them without just saying, God loves you, explains Burns.

Those storyteller instincts are now taking Burns beyond the world of social media and into the world of filmmaking. Shes currently finishing a documentary about the life of Father Alberione; shes a co-producer on a documentary about abortion; and she appears briefly in another about homosexuality.

When asked if she might be seen at the Oscars one day, Burns laughs, Wouldnt that be great! I wouldnt have to worry about what to wear!

Here, the social Sister talks Hollywood, the power of storytelling, and shares her thoughts on that show-stopping turn by Sister Cristina Scuccia on Italys The Voice.

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Bravo Media today unveiled five new unscripted series in development. Fempire follows female CEOs dominating their field, The Fit Club, tackles New York Citys hottest trainers, Why Not Minot? looks at the wealthy area of Minot, ND, Last Chance gives couples one last opportunity to salvage their relationship by putting them on television, and Crowd Control, in which social media decides participants life decisions, from what job they take to the food they eat.Bravo is constantly developing projects to find the next big hit that resonates with our pop culture enthusiasts, said Lara Spotts, SVP Development for Bravo Media.

In February, Bravo Media greenlit its first original scripted series, the hourlong Girlfriends Guide To Divorce starring House alumna Lisa Edelstein. The project, from writer-producer Marti Noxon and Universal Cable Prods, has received a 13-episode order for a 2015 premiere. Based on the best-selling Girlfriends Guide books by Vicki Iovine, the series follows Abby (Edelstein), a self-help book author who hides the fact that shes separated from her husband, as she starts to navigate her life as a single woman in her early 40s in Los Angeles. She finds herself seeking advice from her divorced friends instead of her married ones, which leads to some unexpected and life-changing experiences.From todays announcement:

Crowd Control (working title)

Produced by LOUD TV with Nick Rigg and Brent Montgomery serving as Executive Producers.

The ultimate choose-your-own-adventure that puts one persons fate into the hands of opinionated viewers. Having to rely on social media interactions alone, the day-to-day living of our host will be completely dictated by the audience. Every real life decision put before our host, from what they eat to who they date to the job they take will be decided entirely by Bravos highly engaged audience.

Fempire (working title)

Casting by Water Cooler Casting

These female CEOs know that making time for a cocktail and a date is sometimes their only salvation from the pressures and responsibility of growing a Fempire and commanding respect from the men who work beneath them. Business is personal for these women as they do whatever it takes to dominate their field and smash through the glass ceiling. Will they find happiness on the other side or have they compromised too much to get there?

The Fit Club (working title)

Produced by All3Media America and Lime Pictures with Stephen Lambert, Eli Holzman, Kate Little, Claire Poyser, Derek Mclean, Omid Kahangi and Jacob Cohen-Holmes serving as Executive Producers.

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Some years ago, in the pre-Internet days, I attended a conference on news and media. The speech by one speaker stays in my mind till today.

He opened with: What do you know about Iraq, Iran, Israel, about China, Tibet, Kashmir, or indeed, what do you know about the world, especially parts of the world you have never been.

I believe what we know is what we get from the news.

Yes, we live under the shadow of the news providers. They set the agenda; control the type of information, and the quantity of the information and the quality of information given us.

He, who controls the flow of information, controls our minds, shapes our worldview and ultimately influences our actions or in-actions.

Even our future generations are not spared from this fate.For what is news today will be history tomorrow. They too, will perceive the world filtered by this media curtain.

Now over twenty years on his words still ring true. Our consciousness of events very much depends on whether or not the events are carried (or still carried) in the news media. Take for instance the major news for over a month that of the MH370 disappearance.

Now it is nearly two months old. The search and recovery teams are still hard at work, scouring the bottom of the ocean; the families of the passengers are still grieving with no closure in sight but the general public is fast forgetting the incident because it is no longer worthy of front-page headline.

Similarly, the recently case of the kidnapping of two women off Sabah by the Abu Sayyaf bandits is all but forgotten because it no longer news worthy. Of course, newspaper is guided by the principle of regency. As it is often said, yesterdays news in no news. So really out of sight, out of mind.

The influence of the media is more profound than that. Many people succumb to the belief that an event is true only if it is being carried in the newspaper or television.

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a televised meeting with regional media in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 24, 2014. Reuters/Michael Klimentyev/RIA Novosti/Kremlin

MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called the Internet a CIA project and made comments about Russia's biggest search engine Yandex, sending the company's shares plummeting.

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The Kremlin has been anxious to exert greater control over the Internet, which opposition activists - barred from national television - have used to promote their ideas and organize protests.

Russia's parliament this week passed a law requiring social media websites to keep their servers in Russia and save all information about their users for at least half a year. Also, businessmen close to Putin now control Russia's leading social media network, VKontakte.

Speaking Thursday at a media forum in St. Petersburg, Putin said that the Internet originally was a "CIA project" and "is still developing as such."

To resist that influence, Putin said, Russia needs to "fight for its interests" online.

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