July 18, 2023 | For employees and affiliates of Solaris Health

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The Headlines

The Importance of Information Security - for everyone

Every day we turn on the news and there is another data breach in both large national companies and local businesses. Victims include all industries from Healthcare, Finance, Communications, Manufacturing, and even the U.S. government.

In the month of May this happened to Apria Healthcare, T-Mobile, the manufacturer Suzuki, PharMerica, US Department of Transportation and a Urology Practice, University Urology located in New York City.

Some incidents involved unauthorized access and some ransomware. All of these companies - and their clients - are victims of a crime.

As stewards of data, we have to ask ourselves:

Did they appropriately secure their systems?
Did they have information security policies and procedures?
Did they take steps to prevent such attacks?
Did they train their workforce?
Did they notify and report the breach in a timely manner?

HIPAA requires us to protect our patient information. We do this by securing our infrastructure, using unique usernames and passwords, training our workforce, and by using care when clicking on links and opening documents in emails.

In many data breach situations the unauthorized hacker gained access to the system through obtaining user credentials by sending a Phishing email.

At Solaris, Information Security is of utmost importance and as such we have instituted a robust training program through the KnowBe4 Phishing training platform. This training includes sending simulated Phishing emails to train and test our workforce.

Please join us in preventing an information security breach and use care when clicking on links and opening attachments in suspicious or unexpected emails. Rather, click on the PhishAlert button in your Outlook Email and be an Information Security Hero.

Click here to read the full article and find out more about the PhishAlert button on your computer and how to use it.

Practices Make Perfect

AUCNY Dr. Matthew “Moleman” Mené Training to Deliver Knockout Punch

Matthew Menè, DO, FACOS

Advanced Urology Centers

of New York

Matthew “Moleman” Mené, DO, FACOS, of Advanced Urology Centers of New York’s Seaford office, put his hat in the ring to support individuals and families in need at the 18th annual Long Island Fight for Charity (LIFFC) on November 20. Business community role models like Dr. Mené train to step into the ring and fight to improve the lives of others. He was selected as a celebrity boxer who will don his boxing trunks, robe and gloves, and square off against another LI celebrity boxer in his weight class.

LIFFC, launched in 2003, brings the community together for an evening of entertainment and excitement while raising money to support those in need. This is a much-anticipated annual event on Long Island with many fans and supporters.

Dr. Mené is the second AUCNY doctor to step into the LIFFC ring to support this worthy charity—Solaris’ own Deepak “The Ball Buster” Kapoor, MD, not only participated in this event in 2012 but continues to hold the fundraising record for this event. We are immensely proud of Dr. Mené and fully support his efforts.

Knock ’em out, Moleman!

Associated Urological Specialists - BPH Center of Excellence

Associated Urological Specialists (AUS) is proud to be leading the way in patient care for BPH, providing the most Centers of Excellence in the Midwest.

11 of 16 AUS providers throughout Chicagoland now hold this distinction, awarded from UroLift®, Rezum™, Greenlight™ Laser Therapy, and SpaceOAR™.

Pictured: Dr. Antonio Mancini, Chief Strategy Officer of AUS, and his amazing BPH team!

Meet Our Leadership

Raymond Lance, MD

President, Spokane Urology

A clinician and an academic, along with leading Spokane Urology, Dr. Lance has published over 70 peer-reviewed journal publications and authored several textbook chapters.

He is a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army who served as a professor of surgery/urology at Eastern Virginia Medical School. He is passionate about using a positive attitude to face life's challenges.

Mitch Long

Chief Executive Officer, Spokane Urology

With more than 30 years of healthcare experience under his belt, Long ensures that operations at Spokane run smoothly and provides quality and fiscal oversight of the practice.

He previously led operations for the world’s largest Dialysis provider and was also CEO for 5 years for an OBGYN company in Spokane.

Van Hendry, MHSA

Chief Operating Officer, Lowcountry Urology

A Pittsburg native, Hendry started his career in two hospital systems in the northeast and then moved into long-term care operations.

He is now the new leader of operations at Lowcountry, driving the practice to even higher standards of operational excellence.

Theresa Neuhaus

Vice President of Managed Care, Solaris Health

Meet the newest team member of Solaris Health.

More than 28 years of experience in the health care industry, Neuhaus joins the team to help drive non-clinical operational excellence. She has worked for small and large payer organizations, including Cigna.