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ABOUT

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Kathleen Lavoie 
Owner of KFL Solutions 
Privacy and Security Consultant
Breach Management Specialist 
Privacy and Security Corporate Trainer

Proactive and Preventative 

Kathleen Lavoie is passionate about helping your business create proactive and preventative privacy and security systems that will save you time and money. 

Commitment to You

Kathleen has an extensive background and diverse experience in high-growth, startup and turnaround environments and brings comprehensive knowledge of the healthcare industry to her client's projects. She consistently supports her clients to achieve the results they are looking for, be it preventative privacy and security, breach management or corporate training and mentoring.  

Kathleen is an extremely dedicated hard worker, who commits to her client’s success and will go above and beyond to create the best results possible. Kathleen is an expert translator and helps demystify systems, data, law and health care processes, so that all parties at the table are heard and supported. Kathleen contributes diverse problem solving skills, as she has an ability to look at all angles including IT, privacy and security and information management.  

Growing up in a small town in Quebec, Kathleen was raised to be a good samaritan and believes in supporting those in need. Family and community are extremely important to Kathleen and she is the proud mother of three children and an active community member in the Kitchener/Waterloo region. 

Qualifications and Experience

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Kathleen is an influential IT Management Executive with 20+ years of achievement in leveraging technology to drive organizational growth, performance, profitability, and expand intellectual property capital. She is a motivating and inspiring leader who delivers results and has a record of building high performance teams.

Kathleen holds a Bachelor's degree in Health Information Management from the University of Victoria, B.C and a Masters in Management Science and Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Ontario. Additionally, she holds a CIPP/C, CIAPP-P and PMP certification. Kathleen is a regular guest speaker in Health Informatics, Security & Privacy topics and is a faculty member at Conestoga College Institute of Technology for the 4-Year Bachelor of Applied Health Information Science. 

Kathleen’s unique skill set and experience with information technology, information management and privacy and security was further developed throughout her vast experiences working at both teaching and community hospitals in Ontario. 

 

As Chief Information Officer and Chief Privacy Officer at Grand River Hospital, her portfolio included information technology, information security, biomedical engineering, telecommunications, clinical informatics, records management, transcription, coding, patient registration,  patient scheduling, release of information, privacy & access office, and decision support. Additionally, she worked as the Director of Health Information System at the Hospital for Sick Children (Sick Kids) in Toronto. 

KFL Solutions is dedicated to supporting you and your company and working together to solve your pain points and create the privacy and security systems, breach management and corporate training seminars that your business needs to thrive.  

 

Kathleen will guide and support your decision making process, bringing her vast experience, qualifications and knowledge to your project. Kathleen has a proven history of delivering results and a leader in health information in Ontario. 

Innovation, Leadership, Transformation

  • 20+ years experience of innovation, leadership and driving change, transformation and growth in health informatics with a focus on business outcome, strategy, open communication, clarity of vision, transparency of action and leading by integrity.

  • Motivating and inspiring senior leader who delivers results; has a record of building high performance teams.

  • Proven record in streamlining operations, communicating technical and legal information to board, senior teams, and end-users.

  • Proven ability to deliver bottom-line results through effective design, development and execution of systems to reduce or save costs.

  • Leading projects to full fruition; project types have included information systems, privacy compliance, strategy development, employee development programs, process improvement/design and implementation, quality management, operational redesign & re-engineering.

  • Demonstrated excellent analytical, teaching, training and research skills.

  • Presented for numerous speaking engagements related to Information Technology/Information Management, Privacy, Security and other innovations.

KFL Solutions is passionate about helping your business create proactive and preventative privacy and security systems that will save you time and money.

 

Achieve your privacy and security goals with industry expert consultation from KFL Solutions.

 

Schedule a Consultation Today

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