Mary Brown

Mary Brown is an experienced professional with many years of experience in the field of information security and health informatics. She has extensive experience in the health care industry and contributes to security and health informatics education efforts including giving presentations, webinars, and workshops on a variety of related topics, Recent examples include a couple of ISC2 Think Tank webinars on security regulations and application security and a presentation at the Minnesota Government IT Symposium on the topic of the National Health Information Network. She is involved in a number of IT and information security professional organizations. She was selected as the Minnesota ISSA Security Professional of the Year for 2006 and received the Harold Able Distinguished Faculty award in 2009. Mary Brown has earned CISSP and CISA certifications and has an MS in Information Security. She is currently finishing up a PhD in IT Education with an emphasis in health informatics education. Mary teaches undergraduate courses in information assurance and security and health informatics for Capella University. She is responsible for development of the curriculum and for ensuring that the curriculum provides a complete education that covers the range of skills needed by today’s information security and health informatics professionals.

Publications

Will Comparative Effectiveness Research Lead to Healthcare Rationing?
Will Comparative Effectiveness Research Lead to Healthcare Rationing?
Mary Brown. © 2013. 21 pages.
The Affordable Healthcare for America Bill that was signed into law in March 2010 includes support for activities that come under the heading of ‘comparative effectiveness’...
Ethical Issues and Security Monitoring Trends in Global Healthcare: Technological Advancements
Ethical Issues and Security Monitoring Trends in Global Healthcare: Technological Advancements
Steven A. Brown, Mary Brown. © 2011. 268 pages.
A significant benefit of the move towards electronic creation and storage of personally identifiable health information is the opportunity for secondary use of this data. Ethical...
Will Comparative Effectiveness Research Lead to Healthcare Rationing?
Will Comparative Effectiveness Research Lead to Healthcare Rationing?
Mary Brown. © 2011. 21 pages.
The Affordable Healthcare for America Bill that was signed into law in March 2010 includes support for activities that come under the heading of ‘comparative effectiveness’...
Ubiquitous Use of RFID in the Health Industry
Ubiquitous Use of RFID in the Health Industry
Mary Brown. © 2011. 13 pages.
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies are becoming ubiquitous in a variety of settings and industries. The healthcare industry has adopted the use of RFID as a means...