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PASS Healthcare VC April Presentation

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Topic: Maintaining HIPPA for Data Professionals
Attendee Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7225824741193911552
Speaker: Brandon Leach (@sqlservernerd)
Date/Time: April 18, 2013 1:00PM EDT

Topic Synopsis:
In this hour long session we’ll delve into the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and what implications it has for us as data professionals. We’ll discuss SQL Server best practices and a few features of SQL Server that can help protect ourselves, our company, and the people whom we serve.

Speaker Bio:
Brandon is a veteran of IT in the healthcare industry. Originally starting out his career as a web developer, he fell in love with SQL Server and database development and administration. Currently he is manages 89+ SQL Servers for Network Health in Medford, Ma. He works closely with the development, infrastructure, and management in and out of IT to make sure the needs of the business and its future goals are met. He is also the Chief organizer for SQLSaturday Providence, RI.

Error 0x8009000B “Key not valid for use in specified state.”

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This error message appeared the other day and it turned out it wasn’t as bad as it looked.

Failed to decrypt protected XML node “DTS:Password” with error 0x8009000B “Key not valid for use in specified state.”. You may not be authorized to access this information. This error occurs when there is a cryptographic error. Verify that the correct key is available.

The protection level is set to EncryptSensitiveWithUserKey on the package and the account password used to access the source database was changed. Once the password was modified in the package everything ran as expected.

Healthcare class on Coursera

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I signed up for Health Policy and the Affordable Care Act on Coursera. It looks to be a good overview of the current state of healthcare in the US. The course is eight weeks long and has a different focus each week. The instructor for the course is Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel from Penn.

The format is simple: there are several video lectures and reading assignments each week, with a message board for interacting with other students. It looks like there is a QA video session every week where the instructor answers questions posted on the message board.

I am just getting started with the class and watching the lectures. I will update as it moves along. Eight weeks goes by quickly!

Oh, did I mention that it is free?