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Streamline HITRUST Compliance with Hyperproof

Whether you’re aiming for HITRUST r2, HITRUST i1, or HITRUST e1, Hyperproof helps you streamline the work so you can get certified with confidence.

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Track and manage HITRUST compliance work in one place

Understand how your team is progressing toward satisfying requests from auditors with dashboards and reporting that can be shared with key stakeholders.

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Quickly respond to HITRUST assessors

Download HITRUST requirements and upload them into Hyperpoof to ensure you’re prepared for your assessment and verify that you’ve done the work to be HITRUST certified.

Map controls from existing frameworks

Avoid duplicative work by mapping your existing controls to other frameworks like HIPAA, NIST CSF, CMS Acceptable Risk Safeguards, SOC 2, and ISO 27001.

Easily assign tasks to HITRUST certification collaborators

Ensure the work gets done by integrating your task management platforms like Jira, Asana, and ServiceNow with Hyperproof to automate task assignments and workflow reviews.

Collect evidence to ensure HITRUST requirements are met

Automate evidence collection and link evidence to requirements and controls with dozens of integrations to ensure your evidence of control operation is always up-to-date.

Easily manage roles and access

Leverage role-based access controls so authorized personnel can view or modify sensitive information and see audit trails of who accessed or modified documents.

Collect and view your risks in a single place

Hyperproof’s risk register enables risk owners to consistently document the results of risk assessments so leaders can better manage resources and prioritize mitigation activities.

Powerful integrations that make HITRUST compliance easy

Communicate seamlessly with stakeholders

Manage tasks and projects without having to switch tools

Automate evidence collection and review processes

Make continuous monitoring and compliance a reality

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How Artemis Health Took on HITRUST by Leveraging Hyperproof to Truly Operationalize Compliance

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Dedicated customer success

We aim to delight our customers with every interaction. Our team offers support for every step along your journey to becoming HITRUST compliant.

Hyperproof partners offer HITRUST assessors

Whether you need guidance on framework implementation and compliance program management or help with audits and assessments, our trusted MSSPs can help.

HITRUST Resources

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How to implement an enterprise risk management strategy

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HITRUST Frequently Asked Questions

HITRUST, or the Health Information Trust Alliance, is a security framework designed to address the unique security and privacy challenges faced by healthcare organizations. The HITRUST cybersecurity framework (CSF) was originally developed in 2007 as a response to a growing number of healthcare data breaches and their resulting legal cases under HIPAA. HITRUST’s main objective is to provide a standardized framework for managing information security risks and protecting sensitive healthcare data and personal health information (PHI). Since its inception, HITRUST has evolved into a widely recognized healthcare compliance standard adopted by organizations of all sizes.

To learn more about the history of HITRUST and certification requirements, read our comprehensive HITRUST compliance guide.

HIPAA is a federal  U.S. law that includes a set of standards healthcare organizations must follow to protect health information.  While HIPAA requires organizations to conduct annual self-audits, it does not provide a prescriptive framework to verify compliance, which is where HITRUST comes in. The HITRUST cybersecurity framework contains a list of prescriptive controls/requirements that can be used to demonstrate HIPAA compliance and prove you’re meeting HIPAA requirements in a structured, auditable way.

Any organization that must meet HIPAA compliance requirements and handles personal health information (PHI) should consider adopting HITRUST. This includes organizations like:

Health insurance companies
Healthcare providers
Healthcare clearinghouses
Medical billing companies
Cloud storage providers
Any contractors or subcontractors performing work involving PHI

HITRUST assessments vary based on the risk tolerance of an organization, the number of total controls, and the length of validity for certificates. Assessments are broken into three tiers: e1 (essential), i1 (implementation), and r2 (risk-based).

e1, or HITRUST Essentials assessment, is meant for lower-risk organizations seeking faster certification. This assessment includes 44 total controls and the certificate is eligible for one year from the time of a validated assessment.

i1, or HITRUST Implemented assessment, provides moderate-level risk management and is ideal for healthcare organizations with more mature security and privacy needs or for organizations preparing for r2 certification. This assessment level includes more than 180 total controls and is also valid for one year.

r2, or HITRUST Risk-Based assessment, is the most rigorous assessment and demonstrates the highest level of assurance. To earn a HITRUST r2 certification, organizations must address all 19 HITRUST control domains, which generally requires adherence to more than 200 individual controls. HITRUST r2 certifications are valid for two years, though an interim assessment must be completed at the one-year mark.

HITRUST CSF has considerable overlap with other security and privacy frameworks, though HITRUST is somewhat unique in its focus on healthcare organizations and the protection of personal health information (PHI). Most notably, HITRUST certification demonstrates an organization’s commitment to meeting HIPAA compliance requirements, though it is not a direct substitute.

Other than HIPAA, HITRUST also encompasses many of the required internal controls for SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, CCPA, and PCI DSS. By achieving HITRUST certification, organizations can satisfy control requirements and best practices from roughly 40 other compliance frameworks.

To achieve HITRUST certification, organizations must implement and document security and privacy controls. Hyperproof’s HITRUST compliance software helps by:

Maintaining audit trails for assessors
Providing a pre-built HITRUST framework
Automating evidence gathering
Assigning and tracking control owners
Monitoring control effectiveness
Mapping GDPR controls to other frameworks

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