EHNAC announces accreditation program for HIEs

The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission has announced the Outsourced Services Accreditation Program for Health Information Exchange Services (OSAP-HIE), which will evaluate outsourced HIE vendors against high standards of quality in handling protected health information. The program ensures the secure movement of electronic clinical information and the provision of various services such as e-prescribing transactions and clinical summary document exchange. EHNAC hopes to begin beta testing the program in the fall and plans to launch it fully in January 2022.