Owning London's six leading private hospitals, treating around 300,000 patients per year, HCA has an international reputation for delivering the highest standards of acute and tertiary care. In keeping with their mission to improve people's lives through innovation in research, education and patient care, HCA International has selected FairWarning® to bring industry-leading privacy monitoring to protect its patient base and provide best practice in the provision of:
- Automated auditing and monitoring of healthcare applications
- Compliance with key components of the EU Data Protection Act and NHS Information Governance Regulations
- Advanced analytics for the detection of potential privacy breaches
"HCA along with all other health organisations, has a requirement to meet a growing number of regulatory obligations. With an increasing volume of Electronic Health Records, the requirement to automate the monitoring of those systems was essential if we were to achieve regulatory compliance. FairWarning will allow us to protect the patient data, while freeing up resources for other projects, and is absolutely crucial to us meeting our obligations," said Michael Gogola, Chief Information Officer for HCA International Limited.
The FairWarning® Ready 2.9.5 solution provides patient privacy auditing for compliance with privacy regulations including Data Protection Act, NHS code of Confidentiality, The Care Record Guarantee, Information Governance Toolkit, and others. FairWarning® Ready 2.9.5 enables healthcare organisations to monitor patient privacy across all of their applications, and automates the monitoring and detection of the most common identity theft, medical identity theft, and snooping patterns, including over 100 behaviour-based scenarios.
"FairWarning® is pleased to be providing the patient privacy solution for HCA International Limited," said Les Baker, FairWarning® UK Manager. "By implementing FairWarning®, HCA International joins other leaders in the healthcare industry in setting a high standard for patient privacy."
In addition to its hospitals, HCA also has ten outpatient and diagnostic centres in and around London. They also specialise in the most complex medical procedures including cardiac care, liver transplantation, inter cranial surgery and complex cancer care - its cancer network, for example, is the largest provider of cancer care in the UK outside the NHS.
About HCA International Limited
HCA International Limited, owns the Capital's six leading private hospitals, all based in central London and each with an international reputation for the highest standards of acute and tertiary care. They are:
The Wellington Hospital - the largest private hospital in Europe, London Bridge Hospital, The Harley Street Clinic, The Portland Hospital for Women and Children, The Lister Hospital and The Princess Grace Hospital.
The six HCA hospitals in London treat around 300,000 patients per year. They also specialise in the most complex medical procedures including cardiac care, liver transplantation, inter cranial surgery and complex cancer care. The HCA cancer network, for example is the largest provider of cancer care in the UK outside the NHS. Uniquely, HCA has its own clinical trials unit based on Harley Street in central London. Medical teams in HCA are involved in research programmes aimed at finding new treatments in areas such as heart disease and cancer.
HCA also has ten outpatient and diagnostic centres in and around London, a blood and bone cancer treatment unit as a joint venture with the NHS at University College Hospital - together with a young person's cancer unit; The London Gamma Knife Centre, another joint venture with the NHS at St Bartholomew's Hospital and Harley Street at Queen's, a private patient cancer centre at the NHS Queen's Hospital in Romford. In addition, HCA is developing, in partnership with the internationally renowned Christie cancer hospital in Manchester, a new state of the art private patient unit - The Christie Clinic - for patients from across the North of England.
About FairWarning, Inc.
FairWarning® is the inventor and global leader in appliance-based software solutions that monitor and protect patient privacy in electronic health records enabling healthcare providers and health information exchanges to confidentially connect physicians, clinics, patients and affiliates. FairWarning®'s turn-key privacy auditing solutions are compatible with healthcare applications from every major vendor including Allscripts, Cerner, Epic, GE, McKesson, MEDITECH, Siemens, and many others. Customers consider FairWarning® privacy auditing solutions essential for compliance with healthcare privacy regulations such as ARRA HITECH privacy and Meaningful Use criteria, HIPAA, EU Data Protection, UK Freedom of Information Act, California SB 541 and AB 211, and Canadian provincial healthcare privacy law.