Health IT Security November 5, 2019
The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission released updated versions of its 18 accreditation programs for public review, including two privacy and security standards.
EHNAC is a nonprofit development organization that creates standard criteria and accreditation to healthcare organizations that electronically exchange healthcare data, from accountable care organizations to payers and third-party vendors.
The accrediting process ensures healthcare organizations are using best practices by evaluating their business performance against industry criteria and facilitating self-assessments for business discipline and planning.
What’s more, the accreditation process is meant to improve the quality of products and services, while identifying security and business risk exposures and reduces liability.
Its latest versions include improvements on two privacy and security accreditation programs.
The first, Direct Trusted Agent...