CloudMD Further Strengthens Patient Data Privacy and Security with Appointment of Data Protection Expert, Patrick Lo - Seite 2

Patrick is also an instructor with the National Institutes for Health Informatics (NIHI) and a faculty member of Digital Health Canada, providing privacy and security education instruction to individuals preparing for the Health Informatics certification exam. He is also one of the instructors for the McMaster University ePrivacy certificate program and Cybersecurity course. Patrick is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Canada (CIPP/C).

As part of CloudMD’s commitment to data protection and privacy within the healthcare sector, the Company has also invested CAD$100,000 into Privacy Horizon Inc. in a convertible debenture private placement. Led by Patrick Lo, Privacy Horizon is a data privacy service provider for small and medium sized businesses in the healthcare and financial services sectors. Through the PHI Framework, PHI provides the tools, training, and other risk management resources needed to enable organizations to build privacy and security controls into their products and services. The investment represents the importance of privacy and security across CloudMD’s platform and being strategic investors in Privacy Horizon gives the Company access to the PHI Framework and additional resources to ensure best in class privacy and security controls.

Dr. Essam Hamza, CEO of CloudMD commented, “We are experiencing rapid growth and are thrilled to welcome Patrick as a Strategic Advisor. His experience in data protection and privacy will be extremely valuable as we continue to grow our patient base due to the accelerated rate of telemedicine adoption. Establishing the Corporate Development and Risk Management Committee was an important step for CloudMD as one of our key priorities is having best in class privacy standards across all our telemedicine solutions. Having a committee, with expertise and advice from Patrick, will allow us to maintain and exceed Provincial, State and Federal standards.”

Patrick Lo commented, “I am looking forward to working with Mark Kohler, Dr. Hamza, and the rest of the executive committee, to ensure CloudMD builds on its leading position in delivering world class healthcare technologies to its customers. While cyber security is now a baseline activity in any Company’s operations and can be readily procured, it is the appreciation and application of complex privacy regulations and the different approaches used by the North American jurisdictions in which we operate that will enable CloudMD to continue as the leading trusted provider of healthcare technology, and successfully increase shareholder value through its expansion plans.”