Azara Healthcare Achieves HITRUST CSF Certification to Manage Risk, Improve Security Posture and Meet Compliance Requirements

Burlington, MA – Tuesday, June 12 – Azara Healthcare a leading provider of data-driven reporting and analytics for the Community Health marketplace today announced the Azara DRVS application and its supporting infrastructure has earned Certified status for information security by HITRUST.

HITRUST CSF® Certified status demonstrates that the organization’s DRVS solution has met key regulations and industry-defined requirements and is appropriately managing risk. This achievement places Azara Healthcare in an elite group of organizations worldwide that have earned this certification. By including federal and state regulations, standards and frameworks, and incorporating a risk-based approach, the HITRUST CSF helps organizations address these challenges through a comprehensive and flexible framework of prescriptive and scalable security controls.

“Organizations, like ours, need to meet complex compliance requirements that include technical and process elements such as HIPAA, NIST, ISO and COBIT for our customers,” said Jeff Brandes, President and CEO, Azara Healthcare. “The HITRUST CSF is the gold-standard that needs to be met, and Azara is pleased to be able to demonstrate its commitment by achieving HITRUST CSF Certification.”

“The HITRUST CSF has become the information protection framework for the health care industry, and the CSF Assurance program is bringing a new level of effectiveness and efficiency to third-party assurance,” said Ken Vander Wal, Chief Compliance Officer, HITRUST. “The HITRUST CSF Certification is now the benchmark that organizations required to safeguard PHI are measured against with regards to information protection.”

About Azara Healthcare

Azara Healthcare is a leading provider of data-driven reporting and analytics for the Community Health marketplace. Azara solutions empower Community Health Centers, Primary Care Associations and Health Center Controlled Networks to improve the quality and efficiency of care delivery through actionable data. The Azara Data Reporting and Visualization System (DRVS) helps the marketplace meet the demands of healthcare reform and achieve the goals of the Quadruple Aim. DRVS is used at more than 250 health centers in 25 states representing over 19 million lives.