PRINCETON, New Jersey—Parachute Health, a platform for ePrescribing durable medical equipment (DME) and supplies, announced the Parachute Health DME ePrescribing Platform has earned certified status for information security by HITRUST.
"The HITRUST Assurance Program is the most rigorous available, consisting of a multitude of quality assurance checks, both automated and manual," said Bimal Sheth, executive vice president, standards development & assurance operations, HITRUST. "The fact that Parachute Health has achieved HITRUST risk-based, two-year certification attests to the high quality of their information risk management and compliance program."
HITRUST risk-based, two-year (r2) certified status demonstrates the Parachute Health DME ePrescribing Platform has met key regulations and industry-defined requirements and appropriately manages risk. By including federal and state regulations, standards, and framework 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.
Parachute Health is used at more than 54,000 clinical facilities across the U.S.
"We are committed to prioritizing security and data protection so the industry can confidently continue to adopt this game-changing technology that helps serve patients quickly and reliably," said Matt Pestritto, chief technology officer at Parachute Health. "Organizations like ours are continually under pressure to meet complex compliance and privacy requirements that include technical and process elements. We are pleased to demonstrate to our customers and partners the highest standards for data protection and information security by achieving HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year Certification."
