Health Gorilla achieves HITRUST certification

Health Gorilla, a leading health information network and interoperability provider, has announced its Health Interoperability Platform has earned certified status for information security by HITRUST.

HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year (r2) certified status demonstrates that Health Gorilla’s platform has met key regulations and industry-defined requirements and is appropriately managing risk. This achievement places Health Gorilla in an elite group of healthcare organisations worldwide that have earned this certification. By including federal and state regulations, standards and frameworks, and incorporating a risk-based approach, the HITRUST Assurance Programme helps organisations address security and data protection challenges through a comprehensive and flexible framework of prescriptive and scalable security controls.

“Qualified health information networks will play an important role in advancing the exchange of health information and advancing standards for securing health information. Health Gorilla doesn’t just meet the security standards for national exchange, but exceeds them,” said Andrei Zudin, Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder at Health Gorilla. “We are pleased to demonstrate to our customers and partners that we have achieved the highest standards for data protection and information security with HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year Certification.”

“In today’s ever-changing threat landscape, HITRUST is continually innovating to find new and creative approaches to address security and privacy challenges in healthcare interoperability,” said Jeremy Huval, Chief Innovation Officer, HITRUST. “Health Gorilla’s HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year Certification is evidence that they are at the forefront of health data exchange best practices for information risk management and compliance.”