ARES News December 2020
RATPAC have put together a presentation on HIPAA (sometimes mistakenly called HIPPA). This is a subject dear to the hearts of those handling traffic, especially during a disaster.
Please plan to attend Thursday, December 10 Zoom presentation
10:00 PM AST / 9:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM CST / 7:00 PM MST / 6:00 PM PST / 5:00 PM AKST / 4:00 PM HST
Topic: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Speakers: DR. Gordon Gibby, KX4Z and DR. Robert Patton, W4PG
Contact Dave KO6B for Zoom coordinates
Who are the RATPAC?
Radio Amateur Training Planning and Activities Committee (RATPAC) comprises ARRL section managers and appointed field leadership. They host nationwide Amateur Radio Zoom presentations twice-a-week, Wednesdays on general radio topics and Thursday on amateur radio emergency communications. The topics are selected from audience recommendations that planning committee then seeks topic experts or discussion panel members. The presentation audience consist of thousands of amateur radio operators from around the world who view each presentation in four groups:
- Initial zoom meeting participants.
- Thousands of hams are provided links to videos of each presentation and related documentation through our groups.io sites and other social media.
- Videos of presentations are being used as training tools by ham clubs, ARES groups and organizations, such as WINLINK®.
- The over 70 amateur radio diverse Zoom presentations so far this year has provided knowledge and skills to contribute to the lifelong learning, ever changing emergency communications and technological changes. Moving ham radio forward.
