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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
iShare Medical Achieves EHNAC Trusted Network-Qualified
Health Information Network (QHIN) Accreditation
TNAP-QHIN accreditation ensures adherence to security, privacy, regulatory compliance and rights management, including compliance with new privacy regulatory requirements
Kansas City, Missouri February 18, 2021 – iShare Medical, the trusted online platform for securing, sending, and sharing medical information among patients, providers, and payers,announced today it has achieved full TNAP-Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) with the Trusted Network Accreditation Program (TNAP) from the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission(EHNAC). TNAP-QHIN accreditation is for Health Information Network organizations, as defined by Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), who wish to be acknowledged by the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) as a Qualified Health Information Network.TNAP-QHIN accreditation does not designate an organization as accepted by the RCE as a QHIN. Approval from the RCE and The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is still necessary and entirely separate from the TNAP-QHIN accreditation process.
Through EHNAC’s comprehensive third-party review, iShare Medical was evaluated in areas of security, privacy, regulatory compliance and rights management, including compliance with new privacy regulatory requirements. Upon completion of the rigorous accreditation process, the organization demonstrates to its constituents, adherence to strict standards and participation in the comprehensive, objective evaluation of its business.
“Regulatory concerns continue to be front and center on the minds of healthcare leadership. We recognize the importance of a company’s decision to take the necessary steps to ensure its stakeholders and customers that they’re adhering to the latest standards in privacy, security and confidentiality,” said Lee Barrett, executive director and CEO of EHNAC. ”TNAP-QHIN accreditation provides an additional level of confidence for QHINs and other organizations that are under competitive pressures to continually ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, business metrics and best practices. We commend iShare Medical on attaining this important accreditation.”
“At iShare Medical, we believe that we are we are ushering in new decade of transformation in healthcare one that leverages the work done over that past decade to enable a new decade of radical interoperability. We believe that this future is based on three HealthIT pillars:
- Digital Identity
- Interoperability
- Learning Health System
These pillars provide the foundation to help improve care coordination, reduce cost, and support new value based care payment and care models”, said Linda Van Horn, President/CEO of iShare Medical. iShare Medical first obtained Accreditation as a TNAP-QHIN in January 2020 and now has achieved re-accreditation. “We are proud to continue our leadership role enabling the new decade of radical interoperability through achieving re-accreditation as a TNAP-QHIN.”
TNAP-QHIN accreditation leverages existing industry-wide identity verification, authentication, and privacy/security frameworks and directly aligns with the development of the 21st Century Cures Act including the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) and promotes interoperability, assuring the security and privacy of trusted networks, and the use of enabling technologies in the healthcare ecosystem.
About iShare Medical
iShare Medical is the trusted online platform for securing, sending, and sharing medical health information among patients, providers, and payers. Our proprietary software enables proven digital identity and interoperability across our nationwide network which has more than 2.5 million healthcare providers. iShare Medical is EHNAC Accredited for HIPAA Privacy and Security, DirectTrust Accredited Trust Anchor HISP, and is one of only three companies that is EHNAC Accredited as a Trusted Network Accreditation Program Qualified Health Information Network (TNAP-QHIN). To learn more, visit https://www.isharemedical.com
About EHNAC
The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) is a voluntary, self-governing standards development organization (SDO) established to develop standard criteria and accredit organizations that electronically exchange healthcare data. These entities include accountable care organizations, data registries, electronic health networks, EPCS vendors, e-prescribing solution providers, financial services firms, health information exchanges, health information service providers, management service organizations, medical billers, outsourced service providers, payers, practice management system vendors, third-party administr
ators and trusted networks. The Commission is an authorized HITRUST External Assessor, making it the only organization able to provide both EHNAC accreditation as well as to conduct HITRUST CSF assessment services.
EHNAC was founded in 1993 and is a tax-exempt 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization. Guided by peer evaluation, the EHNAC accreditation process promotes quality service, innovation, cooperation and open competition in healthcare. To learn more, visit www.ehnac.org, contact info@ehnac.org, or follow them on Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube.
Press contact information:
Linda Van Horn, MBA
President/CEO
iShare Medical
816.249.2555 ext. 101