DataMotion Health Co-Chairman, Peter Tippett, M.D, Ph.D. to Headline N.J. HIMSS Annual Winter Event

FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Jan. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- DataMotion™, an experienced secure data delivery provider, today announced that DataMotion Health Co-Chairman, Peter Tippett, M.D., Ph.D., will deliver one of the keynote addresses at the 2016 New Jersey HIMSS Winter Event. During his session, which takes place at 9:40 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, on January 28, 2016, Dr. Tippett will discuss findings from Verizon's 2015 Protected Health Information (PHI) Data Breach Report.

This year's meeting, entitled "Meeting Consumer Needs in an Era of Population Health," is co-sponsored by the New Jersey chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA). The one-day conference will take place on January 28, 2016 at the Ocean Place Resort & Spa in Long Branch, New Jersey.

Verizon's annual PHI Data Breach report reveals that many patients withhold crucial information from healthcare providers due to the fear of a data breach. Dr. Tippett will discuss the frequency of healthcare data breaches across the industry, the nuances and different types of breaches that occur, and how patients and healthcare providers alike can protect themselves.

Dr. Tippett is co-chairman and an investor in DataMotion. A health IT and computer security pioneer, visionary and active board member, Dr. Tippett most recently served as the chief medical officer and VP of industry solutions at Verizon. He has led the computer security industry for more than 20 years, initially as a vendor of security products and more recently as a key strategist. He is widely credited with creating the first commercial anti-virus product that later became Norton AntiVirus. Dr. Tippett is frequently quoted and has written many articles and papers on enterprise information technology, health IT and information security.

To register for Meeting Consumer Needs in an Era of Population Health, presented jointly by the New Jersey chapters of the Healthcare Information Management System Society (HIMSS) and Healthcare Financial Management Association please follow: http://hfmanj.org/meetinginfo.php?id=118&ts=1450370866

About DataMotion and DataMotionHealth
Since 1999, DataMotion secure data delivery technology has enabled organizations of all sizes to reduce the cost and complexity of delivering electronic information to employees, customers and partners in a secure and compliant way. Ideal for highly regulated industries, the DataMotion SecureMail portfolio offers easy-to-use encryption solutions for email, file transfer, forms processing and customer-initiated contact. In the healthcare sector, DataMotionHealth is an accredited HISP (health information service provider) of Direct Secure Messaging. The DataMotion Direct service enables efficient interoperability and sharing of patient data across the continuum of care. DataMotion is privately held and based in Florham Park, N.J. For the latest news and updates, visit http://www.datamotionhealth.com/, follow DataMotion on LinkedIn or Twitter® @datamotion.

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