Last week, DirectTrust posted new versions of program criteria for 19 of its accreditation programs for public review and comment. New updates also address the elimination of criteria redundancies across several programs, as well as enhancements to improve support of FDA Regulations.

The open process for public feedback will end on November 28, 2023.

DirectTrust's accreditation and certification programs are governed by the organization's Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC).

The criteria review process is an essential part of DirectTrust's methodology and commitment to transparency, allowing stakeholders involved with healthcare data exchange to voice their recommendations and help shape standards-based accreditation within the healthcare industry.

The new criteria updates include the elimination of duplicate criteria for programs with the HITRUST security option and ensure consistent alignment of specific criteria within the Accountable Care Organization, Data Registry, Health Information Exchange, and the Outsourced Services Accreditation Programs with their corresponding DirectTrust versions.

This year's completed merger of EHNAC into DirectTrust has led to the discontinuation of the EHNAC Privacy and Security Accreditation program, leaving the DirectTrust Privacy and Security Accreditation Program in place.

Earlier this year, we announced how RosettaHealth achieved full accreditation with the DirectTrust Privacy & Security program.

Through DirectTrust’s comprehensive third-party review, RosettaHealth was evaluated in areas of privacy, security and confidentiality; technical performance; business practices and organizational resources as it relates to Directed exchange participants.

In addition, DirectTrust reviewed the organization’s process of managing and transferring protected health information and determined that the organization meets or exceeds all DirectTrust criteria and industry standards.

RosettaHealth can assist with any health information challenges you might have, book a free consultation with one of our interoperability experts.