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Cloudticity HITRUST Inheritance Program – Accelerate Your Path To HITRUST Certification

HITRUST certification is many things. It’s a shortcut to securing your system against the danger of data breaches, a process for ensuring compliance with HIPAA and other regulations, and a competitive edge for your business in the increasingly ... Read more
| Author Gerry Miller, tagged in Compliance, HITRUST certification, HITRUST CSF

AWS Cost Optimization - Overview & Best Practices

Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers organizations important cost advantages for building and running applications and storing data. However, despite the advantages of the cloud cost model, AWS costs can still escalate quickly. ... Read more
| Author Kate Wang, tagged in aws cost optimization

Cloud Team Building: Roles & Responsibilities | Cloudticity

The world of cloud computing has experienced a meteoric rise in recent years, becoming an essential component of modern business operations. AWS alone has grown 34% over the last two years. This has sparked a significant transition in many ... Read more
| Author Josh Ray, tagged in Healthcare Industry, msp

HIPAA vs. HITRUST: What's the Difference?

HIPAA and HITRUST are often used interchangeably. Both are risk management frameworks commonly used in healthcare for data security and privacy. While the two are related, they’re not the same thing. ... Read more
| Author Kate Wang, tagged in HITRUST

How Long Does it Take to Get HITRUST Certified?

HITRUST adoption in healthcare is in full swing. 81% of healthcare providers and 83% of payers have adopted the framework with business associates quickly following suit. Whether it's pressure from a customer or potential customer that's causing you ... Read more
| Author Jerry Shaffer, tagged in HITRUST

Choosing a HITRUST Assessor Firm: Seven Things to Look For

An external assessor plays a critical role in the HITRUST certification process. The assessor helps you evaluate your organization’s readiness, identifies and remediates gaps, and then conducts the actual validation assessment that you submit to ... Read more
| Author Jerry Shaffer, tagged in HITRUST

Top 10 HIPAA Compliance Issues on AWS - and how to prevent them

Healthcare organizations are discovering the many benefits of using Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud. AWS provides a development environment for creating your own web-based healthcare applications, and a scalable storage platform for ... Read more
| Author Tom Burge, tagged in aws, hipaa

Choosing a Cloud Managed Services Provider: 12 Tips

The right managed cloud service provider can help your organization speed the adoption of public cloud services, develop apps or analyze data safely and securely, and focus more on core business objectives. ... Read more
| Author Kate Wang, tagged in cloud managed services


HL7 V2 vs. FHIR: Key Differences in Healthcare Data Exchange Standards

Enabling the seamless exchange of healthcare data among applications and systems is vital for realizing the full benefits of electronic health information. But for decades, data remained trapped within proprietary systems. To share information, ... Read more
| Author Gerry Miller, tagged in fhir

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