How Do You Implement EHS&S Technology?

Environment, health, safety and sustainability (EHS&S) technology can help businesses transform their environmental performance, protect their employees, and help keep up with ever-evolving regulations. EHS&S technology makes everything more efficient and easier, drives confident data-driven decisions, and saves organizations time.  Technology can improve employee productivity by reducing administrative burdens and increasing overall transparency and accountability. It can also help organizations stay compliant by avoiding hefty ...

By |2025-04-28T02:21:15+00:00June 1st, 2023|EHS & Sustainability: EHS&S|

Psychosocial Event Management Tools: A New Approach to Improving Employee Mental Health in the Workplace

Mental health is a critical concern for all companies. One in five individuals will experience a mental health problem during their lives, according to the World Health Organization. For many people, the workplace is where mental health problems first begin and/or become exacerbated.  Research from the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology found employers vastly overestimate their employees' well-being. The survey found managers rated their employees' well-being as 7.4 ...

By |2025-04-30T13:07:10+00:00May 30th, 2023|EHS & Sustainability: EHS&S|

World Bee Day: A Biodiversity Call to Action for EHS&S Professionals

Bees are an especially critical part of the biodiversity of our planet. They pollinate plants, which helps to produce food and other essential resources. Bees are also critical to our survival. Without bees, our food and medicine supply would be in jeopardy.  In honor of World Bee Day (May 20th), we acknowledge that organizations must play a role in protecting bees and other pollinators as ...

What are Healthcare’s Large Language Model Risks?

Large language models (LLMs) are a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that can be used to generate text, translate languages, produce different kinds of content, and answer people’s questions. Understanding large language model risks in healthcare is crucial as these technologies evolve rapidly. “Potential healthcare applications of LLMs span patient care, research and workflow optimization (clinical and nonclinical) use cases. In the future, appropriately trained ...

By |2025-04-28T02:20:55+00:00May 18th, 2023|Compliance, Healthcare GRC|

Cybersecurity Best Practices for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare organizations are facing increasing cybersecurity risks due to digitization. Cyberattacks can disrupt operations and even prove fatal for patients. Cybercriminals are increasingly sophisticated and well-funded. Healthcare organizations need adequate technology and controls in place to protect patient data and organizational operations.  Patient health information is valuable to cybercriminals and can be used for identity theft, fraud, and other crimes. Healthcare organizations need to be ...

By |2025-04-28T02:20:25+00:00May 8th, 2023|Healthcare GRC, IT Risk & Cybersecurity|

IT Governance Policy Management: 3 Recommendations for CIOs

To successfully meet their compliance objective, Chief Information Officers (CIOs) must implement a risk-adjusted information technology (IT) governance policy framework.   Having good IT risk mandates in place enables you to better understand what your enterprise policies need to look like, and why.  If done effectively and efficiently, having an appropriate framework in place in the right way safeguards your organization from risk and helps you ...

What’s Next for Operational Resilience and EU DORA

The European Union (EU) Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), like Spring, is in full swing. I’ve had the good fortune in my role at SAI360 to meet with the Swiss Risk Association, speak at a CeFPro (Center for Financial Professionals) event in London, and participate in a DORA lunch briefing with Luxembourg’s Institute of Internal Auditors and consultants from Deloitte.   EU DORA talk ...

Healthcare Organizations Must Do More to Protect Patient Data from Breaches

Healthcare data breaches are on the rise. In March 2023, there were 63 healthcare data security breaches each impacting more than 500 patients reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR). For comparison, February 2023 had 43 and January had 40, reports HIPAA Journal.  This is a 46 percent increase from February, nearly seven percent more than the 12-month average, ...

By |2025-04-28T02:20:19+00:00May 1st, 2023|Compliance, Healthcare GRC, IT Risk & Cybersecurity|

Risk and Compliance Trends: Hot Topics at HCCA

We thought we’d analyze the topics, keynotes, and speaking tracks at the Health Care Compliance Association's (HCCA) 27th Annual Compliance Institute in Anaheim, California this week.   The word cloud below—which we created off the speaking tracks at the conference—shows the most common topics are HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) compliance, data privacy and security, employee training, and organizational culture. Each of these ...

By |2025-08-21T21:02:41+00:00April 24th, 2023|Compliance, Healthcare GRC|

European Chemical Rules and Regulations: Part 2

This article is part two of a two-part series. Read part one about the impact of regulations and rule changes here. When it comes to European chemical rules, complying with regulations can bring benefits to manufacturers. Protecting public health and the environment is an important consideration for stakeholders. By demonstrating their products are safe and environmentally friendly, manufacturers can enhance their reputation and gain a ...

By |2025-04-28T02:16:57+00:00April 24th, 2023|Workplace Safety|