ComplyAssistant offers GRC software and healthcare cybersecurity services to organizations of all sizes. We designed our software and companion cybersecurity services to help you organize and manage complex security and compliance processes making you more efficient.
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GRC Software
Our risk management and healthcare compliance software can help you meet your compliance and security needs.
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Manage information security frameworks such as HIPAA, HICP, HITRUST, and NIST.
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Manage any federal, state and local compliance regulation.
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Manage a high volume of third-party vendor risk management programs
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Manage by exception with filtering, alerts and notifications – all in a simple user interface.
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Mobilize your audit teams with our mobile application free trial.
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Assess threats and controls across your entire organization with the risk register.
Healthcare Cybersecurity Services
We focus on virtual CISO services to cover all control standards (e.g. HICP, HIPAA etc.), identify gaps, and deliver a holistic risk mitigation roadmap.
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Our healthcare cybersecurity consultants are seasoned subject matter experts who provide unbiased reviews.
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We perform both internal security audits and vendor risk management services.
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All audit results are delivered in our compliance management software portal, not in a spreadsheet.
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Our consultants provide a directive action plan as part of your roadmap.
White Label GRC Software
Managed service providers (MSPs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) use our compliance management software to provide general IT and HIPAA services to their clients.
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Easily manage a high volume of client audits with a structured tool.
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Administer third-party vendor risk management programs.
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Manage your clients by exception with extensive filters, automated alerts and notifications.
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Provide clients with secure access to their own documents and reports.
"ComplyAssistant’s cloud-based software solution allowed us to efficiently and effectively manage the entire compliance process, from assessment development and distribution through management of action items." --CIO
Featured Press
ComplyAssistant to speak on strategies and tactics for health care organizations to consider for reducing cybersecurity risks at the NJ HFMA Annual InstituteGerry Blass, President & CEO, ComplyAssistant, and Francois Bodhuin, Technology Director and CISO, Inspira Health are scheduled to speak at the New Jersey & Metro Philadelphia HFMA Annual Institute on October 26, 2022. A summary of their presentation can be found below. If you would like to register for the event, click here for more information. Gerry […]
CIO Podcast – Episode 46: Cybersecurity with Francois BodhuinKenneth Reiher, VP Operations at ComplyAssistant once said “Many organizations have a difficult time tracking their vendor relationships, let alone their implemented security controls. I recommend a strong third-party management program to complete the following: Organize all vendor relationships and associated contacts, assign an inherent risk level to each vendor based on their access to your data, […]
5 Tips for Preventing Healthcare System CyberattacksComplyAssistant’s Gerry Blass comments on how to manage vendor relationships with due diligence and the importance of cybersecurity breach response plans in Digital Health Insight’s “5 Tips for Preventing Healthcare System Cyberattacks” article from January 11, 2023. Manage vendor relationships with due diligence: “Outsourcing is pivotal to a growing organization, but it’s important to vet […]
Free Tools
HIPAA Business Associate Agreement TemplateFree
This free tool is a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement / Contract Addendum template for the requirements of the HITECH Act of 2009 and Omnibus Final Rule 2013 in Microsoft Word format. Use it as a starting point and customize it to meet the requirements for your business associate agreements. For continued due diligence of third parties, consider vendor risk management software or vendor risk management services to evaluate their security position.
HIPAA Privacy and Security Proactive Audits Tool KitFree
Contains recommended HIPAA Privacy and Security audits that your organization should consider implementing for policies & procedures, proactive information system activity review, and facility walkthroughs.
HIPAA Facility Security Walkthrough ChecklistFree
Excellent guidance for auditing facilities that contain protected health information. Simply check the boxes and write notes as you conduct your walk-through audit.
Tips
Hope for the Best, Expect the Worst, Plan TodayThe evolution of the risk of successful cyberattacks has been evident since 2010—when the Affordable Care Act was signed and resulted in a transition from paper to electronic medical records. Healthcare organizations began implementing new electronic medical record applications to comply with meaningful use (MU) requirements. Over the years, MU has introduced new criteria with a heavy focus on interoperability among applications. The combination of MU efforts, merger and acquisition activity, and the pandemic-induced remote workforce have increased healthcare organizations’ risk profiles, remaining a prime target for cyberattackers to do what they do best.
Healthcare Security and Risk – 2023 Health IT PredictionsInvestments in cybersecurity will remain a top priority for healthcare executives. There are three specific gaps for provider organizations to watch in the year ahead: vendor risk management, internal audits, and disaster recovery plans.
Cybersecurity Risk Prevention in 2023: Three Gaps to CloseHealth care investments in privacy and security are set to explode in the wake of ongoing cyberattacks and rising risk. Know the three most important risk areas to fortify and be prepared for the 2023 surge.
Updates
GRC Software Update: A Guide to Our Latest Frameworks and FeaturesAn organization’s approach to governance, risk, and compliance can have a huge effect on business. In today’s world of cyber breaches and ransomware attacks on companies of all sizes and scope, organizational leaders must work together to ensure their approach to GRC is intact.
The Evolution of Risk to PHI and Patient SafetyIn the 70s and 80s, healthcare organizations started to migrate their patient management information from hard copy to electronic, either on shared mainframes such as SMS and McAuto or on microprocessors. The user workstations had no intelligence and were known as “dumb terminals.” There were limited locations of electronic identifiable health information. There was no motivation to sell identifiable health information.
Information Blocking and the Future of Patient Care: Breaking Down the 8 ExceptionsPresident and CEO Gerry Blass sat down with Journal of AHIMA senior editor Mary Butler on a recent episode of the Hi Pitch Podcast to talk about the 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Final Rule and the eight information blocking exceptions. Blass was joined by attorney Helen Oscislawski, who spoke to the challenges her clients have faced as they prepare to comply with the rule, which goes into effect on April 5th.