Description: Join us for an educational session exploring the critical role of data governance in the healthcare sector. As healthcare organizations increasingly rely on more data from a variety of sources to improve patient outcomes, streamline operations, and support regulatory compliance, a strong data governance framework has never been more essential. Whether you're a healthcare IT professional, health information or data steward, compliance leader, health information security expert, or healthcare executive, join this session to learn, data governance failures in the news, common challenges with effective data governance-including data silos, a lack of trust in data, and complex regulatory frameworks with varying data definitions and components of data governance frameworks for healthcare organizations.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the Role of Data Governance in Health Information Management
• Define data governance and explain how it supports data integrity, privacy, and security across the health information lifecycle.
• Recognize How Governance Strengthens Compliance and Reduces Risk
• Examine how robust governance frameworks align with HIPAA, HITRUST, and other regulatory standards to minimize legal and compliance risks.
• Identify Common Governance Challenges in HIM Operations
• Explore real-world case studies and common obstacles; such as data silos, inconsistent standards, and limited resources - and discuss practical strategies to address them.
• Apply Governance Principles to Enhance Data Quality and Trust
• Learn how HIM professionals can lead initiatives around data stewardship, standardization, and collaboration to improve organizational data quality and decision-making.
  
  

Webinar Publish Date: This was presented as part of the OHIMA 2026 Annual Meeting & Trade Show - March 10, 2026.
Duration: 1 hour

Speaker:  Kim Klein, CPHIMS, CCSFP, SHIMSS, CHQP, is an accomplished healthcare IT executive with more than 25 years of experience advancing data privacy, cybersecurity, interoperability, and strategic health IT initiatives across both public and private sectors. Known for her ability to bridge complex technical and regulatory environments, Kim has successfully led large-scale compliance programs, technology transformations, and organizational change initiatives for healthcare providers, technology firms, and government agencies. In her current role as Business Information Security Officer at Datavant, Kim leads initiatives focused on enhancing the security of health information across Datavant's Provider Services division. She partners with cross-functional teams and clients to strengthen compliance frameworks, ensure secure data interoperability, and drive innovative solutions that support Datavant's mission to connect the world's health data in a secure and compliant way.

Speaker:  Cortney E. Schaffer, JD, MPA, CHPC, is the Vice President of Provider Privacy Strategy and Compliance at Datavant, where she leads the strategy and compliance activities that ensures privacy remains at the heart of Datavant’s mission to make the world health’s data secure, accessible, and actionable. Focused on the division serving health care providers, Cortney brings deep expertise in HIPAA, healthcare data ecosystems, information security governance, and operationalizing privacy-by-design within provider environments and emerging digital health models.

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Cost: $25 Members / $35 Non-Members
1 AHIMA CEU*
Domain: Data Structure, Content and Information Governance

*AHIMA CEUs are also accepted by the AAPC! Check eligibility on the AAPC website.