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Framework: HITRUST

The HITRUST Audio Course is a complete, audio-first guide to mastering the HITRUST i1 and r2 frameworks—two of the most widely recognized models for integrated risk and compliance management. Designed for both newcomers and seasoned professionals, this course translates complex assurance requirements into clear, plain-language lessons you can absorb on the go. Each episode walks through the structure and intent of the HITRUST frameworks, explaining how controls, maturity levels, and evidence

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HITRUST Trailer

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2025/10/18

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Episode 100 — The Always-Ready Program (Annual Rhythm...

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2025/10/17

The “Always-Ready” program reflects HITRUST’s evolution toward continuous assurance—maintaining certification readiness year-round instead of cycling between peaks of preparation and review. Candidates must understand that this approach embeds compliance monitoring into daily operations, supported by quarterly reviews and 90-day update cadences. Evidence remains current, controls are tested continuously, and leadership receives regular performance reports. HITRUST’s new model aligns

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Episode 99 — Managing Auditors, Regulators, and...

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2025/10/17

Managing external stakeholders is a core leadership skill in the HITRUST ecosystem. Candidates must understand that auditors, regulators, and customers all interpret assurance differently, and communication must be tailored accordingly. HITRUST certification helps streamline these relationships by providing standardized, third-party validated proof of compliance. However, organizations must still manage expectations, coordinate evidence sharing, and ensure that all parties understand the

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Episode 98 — Executive Storytelling with HITRUST Results

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2025/10/17

Executive storytelling transforms complex HITRUST results into clear, actionable narratives that drive business value. Candidates must understand that leaders respond to risk insights, not audit jargon. Translating assessment outcomes into language about trust, resilience, and efficiency bridges the gap between compliance and strategy. HITRUST reports provide metrics—PRISMA maturity levels, CAP progress, and QA outcomes—that executives can use to measure governance performance

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Episode 97 — Budget and Staffing Models that Work

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2025/10/17

Budgeting and staffing are among the most underestimated success factors in HITRUST certification. Candidates must understand that resource planning must match assurance scope and organizational complexity. Costs include assessor engagement, internal readiness, remediation, training, and technology investments. Effective budgeting allocates funds across preparation, testing, and ongoing governance rather than treating certification as a one-time project. Staffing models should combine

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Episode 96 — Pathways from e1 to i1 to r2

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2025/10/17

The HITRUST framework is intentionally structured as a maturity pathway, allowing organizations to progress from e1 to i1 to r2 as their capabilities and compliance needs evolve. Candidates must understand that e1 establishes baseline cybersecurity hygiene, i1 demonstrates implemented control operation, and r2 validates sustained, managed assurance. Each level builds upon the previous, reusing documentation and evidence where applicable. The pathway model allows flexibility—organizations

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Episode 95 — SOC 2 and HITRUST: When and How to...

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2025/10/17

Integrating SOC 2 and HITRUST certifications allows organizations to consolidate assurance activities and demonstrate compliance across overlapping frameworks. Candidates must understand that both rely on evidence-based validation of control effectiveness but serve different audiences—SOC 2 focuses on service organization controls and HITRUST emphasizes healthcare regulatory compliance. HITRUST offers a SOC 2 + HITRUST mapping that enables dual-reporting, reducing redundancy and increasing

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Episode 94 — Mapping HITRUST Results to NIST CSF

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2025/10/17

Mapping HITRUST results to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) helps organizations align assurance findings with broader risk management strategies. Candidates must understand that HITRUST’s control mappings link directly to NIST CSF’s five core functions—Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover. This interoperability allows organizations to translate HITRUST scoring into NIST-aligned maturity metrics. Assessors and executives alike benefit from this mapping, as it contextualizes

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Episode 93 — PHI in Analytics and AI Pipelines

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2025/10/17

The rise of analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare introduces complex assurance challenges related to PHI use and protection. Candidates must understand that HITRUST requires organizations to apply the same control rigor to analytic and machine learning environments as to production systems. This includes de-identification, encryption, access control, and auditability of training data. PHI flowing through analytics pipelines must maintain provenance tracking and governance

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Episode 92 — APIs and FHIR Requirements Impact

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2025/10/17

APIs have become foundational to digital health ecosystems, and HITRUST certification ensures their deployment meets stringent assurance requirements. Candidates must understand that FHIR-driven APIs extend system boundaries, requiring detailed consideration of authentication, consent, and data access. HITRUST controls apply to how APIs authenticate users, log transactions, and encrypt payloads. Assessors expect organizations to maintain clear documentation of endpoints, associated data

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Episode 91 — FHIR and API Security Primer

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2025/10/17

The Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard enables secure and efficient exchange of healthcare data through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Candidates must understand that while FHIR promotes interoperability, it also introduces new security risks tied to authentication, authorization, and data exposure. HITRUST controls help mitigate these risks by enforcing encryption, access governance, and rigorous identity validation for API endpoints. Implementing OAuth

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Episode 90 — Cloud Security Gotchas by Example

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2025/10/17

Cloud environments introduce powerful efficiencies—but also hidden pitfalls that can undermine assurance if overlooked. Candidates must understand that HITRUST certification depends on correctly interpreting and implementing shared responsibility boundaries. Common “gotchas” include unencrypted storage buckets, overly permissive IAM roles, unmonitored APIs, and misconfigured logging. HITRUST assessors evaluate whether controls address these risks through automation, monitoring, and evidence

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Episode 89 — Cloud Inheritance Patterns (AWS, Azure,...

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2025/10/17

Understanding inheritance patterns across leading cloud service providers—AWS, Azure, and GCP—is essential for HITRUST practitioners. Candidates must understand that while each provider offers security certifications and controls, customers remain responsible for configuration, monitoring, and data protection within their cloud environments. HITRUST allows organizations to inherit validated controls from providers when those controls meet assurance equivalence and are properly mapped in

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Episode 88 — Health Tech and SaaS Providers

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2025/10/17

Health technology and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers occupy a unique space in the healthcare ecosystem, often hosting PHI and integrating directly with provider and payer systems. Candidates must understand that HITRUST certification for these organizations serves as a trusted signal of compliance readiness and security maturity. HITRUST’s inheritance model allows SaaS companies to leverage existing certifications from cloud infrastructure providers while maintaining accountability

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Episode 87 — Payers and Third-Party Administrators

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2025/10/17

Payers and Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) handle vast quantities of sensitive data for millions of insured individuals, making HITRUST certification a key element of contractual and regulatory assurance. Candidates must understand that HITRUST enables these organizations to standardize their control environments while satisfying diverse partner and regulatory requirements. Controls address secure claims processing, data transmission, fraud prevention, and privacy management. HITRUST

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Episode 86 — Hospitals and Provider Organizations

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2025/10/17

Hospitals and healthcare provider organizations face unique assurance challenges due to their vast networks, clinical systems, and continuous patient-care operations. Candidates must understand that HITRUST certification for providers demonstrates the ability to safeguard Protected Health Information (PHI) across electronic health records (EHRs), connected devices, and medical applications. The framework helps unify compliance with HIPAA, HITECH, and state-level regulations while ensuring

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Episode 85 — r2 Recap & Quick Reference

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2025/10/17

The r2 assessment represents the pinnacle of HITRUST assurance, validating that controls are not only implemented but continuously measured and managed. Candidates should view it as the comprehensive integration of policy, procedure, operation, and improvement across all domains. This recap reinforces core r2 themes: PRISMA maturity, inheritance validation, rigorous evidence testing, and sustained governance. The r2 process ensures that security and compliance are operational realities, not

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Episode 84 — Finalization, Certification Letter, and...

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2025/10/17

The finalization phase of an r2 assessment marks the transition from validation to official certification. Candidates must understand that HITRUST issues the certification letter only after successful QA completion and approval of the validated assessment. This letter is uploaded to the HITRUST Results Distribution System (RDS) and XChange portal, where organizations can securely share results with customers, regulators, or partners. The certification letter confirms scope, assurance level,

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Episode 83 — CAPs that Actually Close at r2

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2025/10/17

Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) under r2 require a higher degree of formality, tracking, and evidence validation than earlier assurance levels. Candidates must understand that HITRUST expects CAPs to be specific, measurable, and time-bound, detailing the issue, corrective steps, responsible owners, and proof of completion. Assessors verify that each CAP corresponds to an identified gap and that remediation is fully implemented before closure. HITRUST QA then reviews the documentation to

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Episode 82 — Assessor Engagement and Q&A Cadence

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2025/10/17

Assessor engagement during r2 certification is a structured, collaborative process rather than a one-time audit. Candidates must understand that HITRUST assessors serve as independent verifiers who test control operation, evaluate evidence, and clarify findings. Establishing a steady cadence of communication—weekly or biweekly Q&A sessions—keeps both parties aligned, mitigates misunderstandings, and prevents surprises during testing. Assessors expect timely responses, traceable evidence

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