DME Service Solutions, the San Diego-based provider of health-care outsourcing solutions, has achieved HITRUST r2 certification.
In a Dec. 5 news announcement, DME Service Solutions said its IT cloud infrastructure platform “has earned certified status by HITRUST for information security, reinforcing its commitment to delivering the highest standards of data security and regulatory compliance.
“This accomplishment solidifies DME’s position as a trusted outsourcing partner for health-care organizations, ensuring the protection of sensitive information and operational reliability.”
The certification, DME Service Solutions added, “demonstrates that the organization has met demanding regulatory compliance and industry-defined requirements and is appropriately managing risk. This achievement places DME Service Solutions in an elite group of organizations worldwide that have earned this 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.”
“Security and operational integrity are integral to everything we do, and achieving HITRUST r2 reflects the robust systems and processes we’ve built to ensure that our clients experience seamless, secure, and compliant service delivery,” said Richard Lee, CEO of DME Service Solutions. “This certification is another step in our journey to continually enhance operational excellence.”
“Our clients count on us to manage critical operations and safeguard sensitive data,” Ryan Holbrook, president of DME Service Solutions, said in the announcement. “Achieving HITRUST r2 certification demonstrates our commitment to being a reliable partner they can trust, providing them with the assurance they need to focus on patient care and organizational growth.”
HITRUST certification ‘globally recognized’ validation
HITRUST executives explained what its r2 certification means to both the company that’s achieved it, as well as to that company’s own customers.
“HITRUST certification is globally recognized as validation that information security and privacy controls are effective and compliant with various regulations,” said Jeremy Huval, HITRUST’s chief innovation officer. “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.”
“The HITRUST Assurance Program is rigorous and reliable because of the comprehensiveness of control requirements, depth of review, and consistency of oversight,” added Bimal Sheth, executive vice president of HITRUST’s standards development & assurance operations. “HITRUST r2 Certification demonstrates DME Service Solutions is taking the most proactive approach to cybersecurity, data protection, and risk management.”
HITRUST, based in Frisco, Texas, is an information protection standards organization and certifying body.
