Medullan Achieves HITRUST CSF® Certification to Manage Risk, Improve Security Posture and Meet Compliance Requirements to Support the Needs of Digital Health

  SOMERVILLE, MA - 07/10/2018 (PRESS RELEASE JET)

Medullan, a digital health firm that designs and builds both custom and platform solutions that achieve high rates of adoption in the payer, life sciences and pharmaceutical industries, today announced that its VARA platform infrastructure has earned Certified Status for information security by the Health Information Trust (HITRUST) Alliance.

With the HITRUST CSF Certified status, Medullan has met the requirements for protecting and securing the sensitive private health care information of its clients (and their end users) with regard to both of its operating divisions: 

• Medullan’s Consulting division, for custom digital health strategy, design and development
• Medullan’s VARA Platform Solution’s division, including the VARA Platform/Software-as-a-Solution offerings and supporting infrastructure to support the rapid development and deployment of both custom solutions and third-party integrations.

This achievement places Medullan 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. 

“Medullan’s dedicated to information security because of our exclusive focus on making digital health innovation a reality. Obtaining HITRUST CSF certification is another significant milestone, complementing our ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification achieved last year,” said Founder and CEO Ahmed Albaiti. “Medullan is constantly working to improve our information security controls, and by completing the intensive process to earn HITRUST CSF certification, it once again demonstrates to our customers the unwavering commitment we have in protecting the information and data entrusted to us.”

“HITRUST has been working with the industry to ensure the appropriate information protection requirements are met when sensitive information is accessed or stored in a cloud environment,” said Ken Vander Wal, Chief Compliance Officer, HITRUST. “We are pleased that Medullan has taken the steps necessary to achieve HITRUST CSF Certified status, and we expect their customers to have confidence in this designation.”

About Medullan

Medullan, Inc. is a leading digital health firm that designs and build outcomes-driven solutions that have direct and measurable impact in the healthcare industry. Fueled by a passion for health, a desire to positively challenge the healthcare paradigm, and a culture of accountability; Medullan works with payer, life sciences and pharmaceutical clients to build solutions that create measurable business value and positive impact in the lives of their customers. Medullan was founded in 2005 and is based in Somerville, MA.