Maplewood, N.J., May 18, 2022 – StationMD, a leading provider of telemedicine for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) today announced that its proprietary telemedicine management system, StationConnect, has earned Certified status for information security by HITRUST.
HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year (r2) Certified status demonstrates that the StationConnect system has met key regulations and industry-defined requirements and is appropriately managing risk. This achievement places StationMD 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 Assurance Program helps organizations address security and data protection challenges through a comprehensive and flexible framework of prescriptive and scalable security controls.
“At StationMD, we take privacy, security, and compliance very seriously, and we are proud that our proprietary system for managing telemedicine consultations, StationConnect, has received the HITRUST r2 Certification,” said Dr. Matthew Kaufman, CEO of StationMD. “Having this certification ensures we are providing our patients the highest standard of virtual data privacy and security.”
“The HITRUST Assurance Program is the most rigorous available, consisting of a multitude of quality assurance checks, both automated and manual,” said Bimal Sheth, Executive Vice President, Standards Development & Assurance Operations, HITRUST. “The fact that StationMD has achieved HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year Certification attests to the high quality of their information risk management and compliance program.”