EHNAC - Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission

Name

EHNAC - Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission

Legal name

EHNAC - Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission

Website

https://ehnac.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

EHNAC is a non-profit healthcare accreditation body founded in 1993 that operates DirectTrust Accreditation, an independent assessment framework covering 22 programs for HIEs, HISPs, EHR vendors, and health systems to demonstrate HIPAA, privacy, and security compliance in health data exchange.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Accreditation Services

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Accreditation Standards, Benchmarking & Framework Organizations (EDADACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Institutional & Programmatic Accreditation Audits (EDADAGAA)

Keywords

• Healthcare accreditation services
• Health information exchange
• Health data security compliance
• HIPAA compliance assessment
• Healthcare interoperability standards

Headquarters

HQ city

Farmington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Accreditation Services: EHNAC/DirectTrust generates revenue through accreditation fees charged to healthcare organizations, health information exchanges, health information service providers, and other entities seeking to demonstrate compliance with trust, security, and interoperability standards in health data exchange.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

EHNAC, through its DirectTrust Accreditation programs, independently assesses and accredits healthcare technology organizations against published trust, security, privacy, and interoperability criteria. The portfolio comprises 22 accreditation programs covering health information exchanges, health information service providers, certificate authorities, identity providers, e-prescribing networks, health IT vendors, practice management systems, accountable care organizations, digital therapeutics, AI deployments, consumer-facing applications, and related ecosystem participants, supplemented by an associated HITRUST assessment offering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Health Information Exchanges (HIE) Accreditation Accreditation for health information exchange organizations that facilitate health data exchange between providers, payers, and patients within a region or state, establishing trust and interoperability standards.
• Health Information Service Providers (HISP) Accreditation Accreditation for entities that provide health information services including Direct messaging infrastructure and trust framework services on behalf of healthcare organizations.
• Trusted Network Accreditation Accreditation program for trusted network frameworks in healthcare interoperability, certifying participants in the DirectTrust trust community.
• Privacy and Security Accreditation Accreditation program focused on privacy and security compliance for healthcare organizations handling protected health information.
• Healthcare Networks Accreditation Accreditation for healthcare networks ensuring interoperability and security standards across provider and payer participants.
• Artificial Intelligence Accreditation Program Accreditation program for organizations developing or deploying AI solutions in healthcare to validate trust, safety, and compliance practices.
• e-Prescribing Accreditation Accreditation program for e-prescribing organizations ensuring compliance with electronic prescribing standards and regulatory requirements.
• Identity Provider Accreditation Accreditation program for identity providers operating within the healthcare trust ecosystem.
• Certificate Authorities Accreditation Accreditation for certificate authorities issuing digital certificates used in secure healthcare communications and identity management.
• Registration Authorities Accreditation Accreditation program for registration authorities that vet and onboard healthcare identities within the DirectTrust trust framework.
• Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) Accreditation Accreditation program for accountable care organizations participating in care models that require trusted, secure data exchange.
• Health App Accreditation Accreditation program for health applications ensuring privacy, security, and interoperability compliance for consumer-facing and clinical apps.
• Digital Therapeutics Accreditation Accreditation for digital therapeutics companies ensuring quality, safety, and compliance of software-driven therapeutic products.
• Practice Management Systems Accreditation Accreditation for practice management system providers serving ambulatory and group practice workflows.
• Management Service Organizations (MSO) Accreditation Accreditation for management service organizations delivering administrative and operational services to healthcare providers.
• Outsourced Services Accreditation Accreditation for organizations providing outsourced services to healthcare entities, covering privacy, security, and operational controls.
• Data Registry Accreditation Accreditation program for health data registries managing population-level and clinical datasets.
• Financial Services Accreditation Accreditation program for healthcare financial services organizations involved in healthcare payment and revenue cycle data exchange.
• CARIN Code of Conduct for Consumer-Facing Applications (CARIN-CFA) Accreditation program for consumer-facing healthcare applications implementing the CARIN Code of Conduct framework for trusted consumer data exchange.
• Trusted Dynamic Registration and Authentication Accreditation Accreditation for organizations implementing trusted dynamic registration and authentication protocols for healthcare endpoints.
• UDAP (Unified Data Access Platform) Accreditation Accreditation program for unified data access platform implementations enabling consumer-mediated health data exchange.
• HITRUST Assessment Assessment service offered in partnership with HITRUST for comprehensive security and compliance evaluation, complementing DirectTrust accreditation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100 organizations have achieved DirectTrust accreditation, demonstrating broad industry adoption of the accreditation standards.

Named customers23 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Others

• ONC (Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT) — Trusted Exchange Framework: ONC's Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) establishes federally recognized trust frameworks. It is a public-sector peer/adjacent that competes for the same 'trusted exchange' mandate that EHNAC's Trusted Network program addresses.
• ANSI (American National Standards Institute): ANSI accredits standards development organizations and conformity assessment bodies, including in healthcare. It is a governance/peer comparable whose accreditation-of-accreditors role intersects EHNAC's positioning.

Regional players

• IAC (Intersocietal Accreditation Commission): IAC accredits diagnostic and therapeutic healthcare facilities (echocardiography, nuclear, vascular, etc.). It is comparable as a specialty U.S. healthcare accreditation body, though operating in clinical service lines rather than health IT and data exchange.

Emerging players

• HL7 (Health Level Seven International): HL7 develops interoperability standards (FHIR, C-CDA) underpinning the data exchange that EHNAC accredits. It is comparable as a healthcare data standards body whose specifications define what EHNAC assesses.

Broad incumbents

• NCQA (National Committee for Quality Assurance): NCQA is a large, established healthcare accreditation body focused on health plans, patient-centered medical homes, and ACOs—comparable in accreditation model but operating at much broader scale and scope than EHNAC.
• HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society): HIMSS is a broad healthcare IT membership and standards body offering education, advocacy, and emerging certifications (e.g., HIMSS EMRAM). It overlaps EHNAC's healthcare IT trust and standards mission at a much larger scale.
• The Joint Commission: The Joint Commission is the dominant U.S. healthcare facility accreditation body, with expanding health IT and telehealth programs. It represents the incumbent accreditor whose authority and brand dwarf EHNAC in healthcare.

Direct peers

• HITRUST: HITRUST provides the widely adopted CSF certification and assurance framework for healthcare information security. It directly overlaps EHNAC's privacy and security accreditation and is already a partner via the DirectTrust HITRUST Assessment offering.
• URAC: URAC is an independent healthcare accreditation organization covering health plans, PBMs, telehealth, and provider integration—directly comparable as another independent accreditor serving healthcare stakeholders.
• CARIN Alliance: CARIN Alliance developed the Code of Conduct that EHNAC now operationalizes as an accreditation program. It is a direct upstream peer whose framework EHNAC monetizes through accreditation services.

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