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| November 30, 2009 11:53 AM EST |
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The Electronic
Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit
standards development organization and accrediting body, today released
legislative crosswalk matrices for 2009 and 2010 EHNAC program criteria.
In an effort to more closely align with key provisions of the federal
legislation, including the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
of 2009, and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical
Health (HITECH) Act, EHNAC developed these documents to outline the
synergies and gaps within existing EHNAC program criteria. The
Legislative Crosswalk matrices include changes to the EHNAC
program criteria which have been fully reviewed and managed by the EHNAC
criteria committee. The crosswalks are available on http://ehnac.org/ehnac/ResourceCenter/LegislativeCrosswalk.aspx.
“The ARRA and related HITECH Act present unique demands on the
compliance efforts of healthcare organizations. Monitoring all the
changes and their implications — across privacy and confidentiality,
technical performance, business processes, organizational resources and
security — can be a daunting task,” said Lee Barrett, executive director
of EHNAC. “Fortunately, it’s one of the tasks that an accrediting body
like EHNAC is designed to support.”
The Legislative Crosswalk matrices provide information about EHNAC
criteria changes as they relate to compliance with not only the security
and privacy regulations within the 2009 legislation, but also Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) rules and
proper management of protected health information (PHI).
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
electronic health networks, payers, financial services firms and
e-prescribing solution providers.
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
or contact info@ehnac.org.
