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July 27, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Redspin Delivers Expanded HIPAA Security Assessment Service for Healthcare Providers
With EHR projects now a top priority, Redspin's service offering helps
healthcare providers meet HIPAA compliance requirements and meaningful use goals
Carpinteria, CA, July 27, 2010 — Redspin, a leading provider of information security
assessment services today announced an additional HIPAA security assessment service offering for the healthcare industry segment. The service offering directly addresses requirements of the HIPAA security rule and HITECH act through a risk-based approach that identifies gaps and IT environment and HIPAA security rule requirements.
"Hospitals and IDNs are faced with a challenging task as they must maintain an effective security program to protect patient data, seek efficient mechanisms to meet the security and privacy requirements of the final meaningful use rule and remain consistently compliant with HIPAA
regulations," said John Abraham, Chief Executive Officer of Redspin. "The HIPAA security
assessment service offers healthcare providers significant advantages in two critical areas — reducing liability and providing the security foundation to enable business efficiency as
organizations seek higher patient throughput, increased quality of care, lower administrative costs, and faster revenue collection."
As of July 22, the official federal list of major healthcare information security breaches included 119 incidents affecting almost 5 million Americans. Redspin's HIPAA security assessment service helps healthcare providers answer fundamental questions regarding their information security, privacy and compliance programs including the following areas:
- Are we in compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule?
- Do we have a high risk of data breach of ePHI?
- Can a cyber criminal access our internal data/systems from the Internet?
- Are sufficient controls in place to prevent insider or business associate data theft?
- Where should we focus our resources to protect ourselves from a data breach?
- Is the equipment we've purchased being used effectively?
The assessment service provides a comprehensive review of a healthcare provider's infrastructure, security processes, policies and procedures. The primary deliverable is a gap analysis to the standards defined in the security rule of the administrative provisions set forth in title II of the
HIPAA regulatory requirements. The service also includes benchmarks to compare with
information security program effectiveness with others in the industry as well as recommended
actions to meet meaningful use goals and measures as outlined in the final rule.
About Redspin, Inc.
Redspin delivers the highest quality Information Security Assessments through technical expertise, business
acumen and objectivity. Redspin customers include leading companies in areas such as healthcare, financial
services, media/entertainment, retail/ecommerce and technology providers. Some of the largest communications
providers and commercial banks rely upon Redspin to provide an effective managerial, operational and technical
solution tailored to their business context, allowing them to reduce risk, maintain compliance and increase the
value of their business unit and IT portfolios.
Redspin Contact
Dan Berger
Redspin Inc.
805.684.6858
dberger@redspin.com
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