This achievement places HST Pathways in an elite group of organizations worldwide that have earned HITRUST r2 Certification. By including federal and state regulations, standards, and frameworks and incorporating a risk-based approach, the HITRUST Assurance Program helps organizations address security and data protection challenges through a comprehensive and flexible framework of prescriptive and scalable security controls.
“Organizations like HST are continually under pressure to address current and emerging threats while meeting complex compliance, information security, and data privacy requirements,” said Rhonda Novak, Compliance & Chief Privacy Officer of HST Pathways. “Achieving the HITRUST r2 Certification demonstrates to our clients and partners that we adhere to the highest standards of data protection and risk management, ensuring the security of sensitive information.”
“HITRUST certification is globally recognized as validation that information security and privacy controls are effective and compliant with various regulations. HITRUST certification is considered the gold standard because of the comprehensiveness and applicability of the control requirements, depth of the assurance process, and level of oversight that ensures accuracy,” said Jeremy Huval, Chief Innovation Officer at HITRUST.
The HITRUST r2 Certification validates that the following HST Pathways solutions have met rigorous regulatory compliance and industry-defined requirements while appropriately managing risk:
- HST’s surgery center management (residing at C Spire)
- HST’s electronic charting (residing at C Spire)
- HST’s anesthesia billing (residing at C Spire)
- HST’s scheduling & care communication (residing at Amazon Web Services [AWS])
- HST’s patient texting & pre-assessments (residing at AWS)
- HST’s case profit estimations (residing at AWS)
- HST’s raw ASC data (residing at AWS)
- HST Home (residing at AWS)
- HST’s patient estimates (residing at Google Cloud Platforms [GCP])
This accomplishment builds on HST Pathways’ previous achievement of HITRUST e1 Certification, reaffirming the company’s dedication to maintaining the highest standards of data security and compliance. With both e1 and r2 certifications, HST Pathways provides customers with unmatched confidence in its ability to safeguard sensitive healthcare data.