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HEALTH GORILLA ACHIEVES HITRUST CERTIFICATION
Health Gorilla , a leading health information network and interoperability provider , has announced its Health Interoperability Platform has earned certified status for information security by HITRUST .
HITRUST Risk-based , 2-year ( r2 ) certified status demonstrates that Health Gorilla ' s platform has met key regulations and industry-defined requirements and is appropriately managing risk . This achievement places Health Gorilla in an elite group of healthcare organisations worldwide that have earned this certification . By including federal and state regulations , standards and frameworks , and incorporating a risk-based approach , the HITRUST Assurance Programme helps organisations address security and data protection challenges through a comprehensive and flexible framework of prescriptive and scalable security controls .
Technology Officer and Co-founder at Health Gorilla . " We are pleased to demonstrate to our customers and partners that we have achieved the highest standards for data protection and information security with HITRUST Riskbased , 2-year Certification ."
" In today ' s ever-changing threat landscape , HITRUST is continually innovating to find new and creative approaches to address security and privacy challenges in healthcare interoperability ," said Jeremy Huval , Chief Innovation Officer , HITRUST . " Health Gorilla ' s HITRUST Risk-based , 2-year Certification is evidence that they are at the forefront of health data exchange best practices for information risk management and compliance ."
" Qualified health information networks will play an important role in advancing the exchange of health information and advancing standards for securing health information . Health Gorilla doesn ' t just meet the security standards for national exchange , but exceeds them ," said Andrei Zudin , Chief
WHO RELEASES GLOBAL COLLECTION OF HEALTH INEQUALITY DATA
WHO is launching the Health Inequality Data Repository – one of the most comprehensive global collections of publicly available disaggregated data and evidence on population health and its determinants . The repository allows for tracking health inequalities across population groups and over time , by breaking down data according to group characteristics , ranging from education level to ethnicity .
The data from the repository show that , in just a decade , the rich-poor gap in health service coverage among women , newborns and children in low- and middle-income countries has nearly halved . It also reveals that , in these countries , eliminating wealth-related inequality in under-five mortality could help save the lives of 1.8 million children .
The Health Inequality Data Repository ( HIDR ) includes nearly 11 million data points and consists of 59 datasets from over 15 sources .
The data include measurements of over 2000 indicators broken down by 22 dimensions of inequality , including demographic , socioeconomic and geographical factors . Topics covered include ; the Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs ); COVID-19 ; reproductive , maternal and child health ; immunisation ; HIV ; tuberculosis ; malaria ; nutrition ; health care ; non-communicable diseases and environmental health .
“ The ability to direct services to those who need them the most is vital to advancing health equity and improving lives . Designed as a one-stop-shop for data on health inequality , the Repository will help us move beyond only counting births and deaths , to disaggregating health data according to sex , age , education , region and more ,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , WHO Director-General .
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