HITRUST: Achieving the Trusted Standard of Security & Compliance

Written by Isabela Rzeznik | Jul 28, 2020 3:27:46 PM

The world has placed a lot of trust in technology.

We trust it to move our information from one place to another. We trust it to manage our finances, pay our bills, keep up with various communications, help us stay safe, and much, much more. Throughout the years, that trust has extended further and further to include our health. Whether you’ve logged into your dentist’s patient portal to reschedule an appointment or visited an urgent care clinic during flu season, a part, if not all, of your general health record has been digitized.

Why HITRUST?

While going digital makes having a huge amount of physical files to manage a thing of the past, the sensitive information on those files must be protected. Luckily, any organization within the healthcare space must remain compliant with HIPAA laws. While these rules and regulations insulates patient information, there is always more which can be done to safeguard the millions of data points that make up an individual’s health history.

Enter HITRUST, an organization instituted in 2007, which offers a certification that has set the standard for how to best handle patient information in the 21st century.

HITRUST establishes security frameworks and regulations that instill confidence in healthcare vendors. These efforts ensure that any company that works in the world of healthcare is compliant along variety of certifications, including PCI and HIPAA.

The process greatly streamlines any security assessments that current and prospective clients require. Due to it's rigorous requirements, the HITRUST certification is one of the most difficult security certifications to gain. One received, the certification is maintained into the future.

Choosing HITRUST as part of our business evolution

zPaper chose to pursue the HITRUST certification as it is the gold standard of healthcare security. The decision for zPaper to become HITRUST certified was made thoughtfully, as it is a long but worthwhile journey to begin. We also understood the increased digitization of the world demands it, but it also makes good business sense.

Achieving this certification would further establish ourselves as the most secure document automation solution for healthcare. Most importantly, it was another step further in building upon our commitment of trust for our clients and the patients they serve.

Here are some additional benefits of us choosing the HITRUST certification:

Accelerates the sales process for a thorough response to vendor risk assessments
Provides independent verification that zPaper meets the highest standard in protecting healthcare information
Reduces the administrative workload when clients and prospects review zPaper security
Becomes the foundation to meet multiple industry frameworks and standards
Differentiates zPaper in the Salesforce marketplace

You can find addition information on HITRUST by visiting their website.

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