It wouldn’t be too much of an exaggeration to say that fans of the late Chris Apgar seem to have run out of words to describe the respected and well-liked HIPAA professional, who formed his own consulting business 17 years ago after serving in privacy and security positions at Providence Health & Services organizations in Portland, Oregon.
Ever since Julia Huddleston, Apgar’s wife and partner in Apgar and Associates, shared the news that Apgar had died unexpectedly on Dec. 11, tributes, remembrances and condolences have poured in. In addition to private emails to Huddleston, friends and colleagues left nearly 70 comments on his LinkedIn page[1] and more than a dozen accompany his obituary published online.[2]