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Joyce O'Brien

Joyce Chang O'Brien

Senior Counsel
(415) 995-5864

Intro

Joyce focuses her practice on leading clients through health care regulatory compliance matters. Her extensive background at health organizations like Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Stanford Health Care uniquely position her to mitigate legal risks for clients. Joyce specializes in HIPAA and California privacy and security compliance, such as conducting internal HIPAA audits, advising on the design of software development in relation to monitoring access to electronic medical records (EMRs), authoring policies and procedures for hospitals, managing high-profile patients, integrating wearable technologies into EMRs, reviewing IRB protocols for clinical research agreements between academic medical centers and partners, and more.

Education

J.D. Loyola Law School Los Angeles ( 2015 )
M.Ed. George Mason University ( 2012 )
B.S, B.A University of California, San Diego ( 2010 )

Admissions and Courts

California

Role

Intro

Joyce focuses her practice on leading clients through health care regulatory compliance matters. Her extensive background at health organizations like Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Stanford Health Care uniquely position her to mitigate legal risks for clients. Joyce specializes in HIPAA and California privacy and security compliance, such as conducting internal HIPAA audits, advising on the design of software development in relation to monitoring access to electronic medical records (EMRs), authoring policies and procedures for hospitals, managing high-profile patients, integrating wearable technologies into EMRs, reviewing IRB protocols for clinical research agreements between academic medical centers and partners, and more.

Areas of Focus

Education

J.D. Loyola Law School Los Angeles ( 2015 )
M.Ed. George Mason University ( 2012 )
B.S, B.A University of California, San Diego ( 2010 )

Admissions and Courts

California

Healthcare Privacy Compliance (CHPC)

Healthcare Compliance (CHC)

California Lawyers Association, Wiley W. Manuel Pro Bono Legal Services Award (2019–2023)

“Collecting Consumer Information: What You Can Learn From California’s Privacy Protection Initiatives,”American Seniors Housing Association (February 2022)

"California Privacy Rights Act – What's Next?," Senior Housing and Care Law Alert (September 2021)

"Protecting Privacy in Assisted Living – Navigating the Complexities," California Assisted Living Association Spring Conference and Expo (June 2024)

"Business is Disrupted: Getting Ahead of Privacy Issues," Hanson Bridgett Business Disruption Strategies Webinar (April 2020)