Mercy, based in Chesterfield, Mo., has selected FairWarning Patient Privacy Monitoring.
The FairWarning suite of solutions is designed to provide data protection and EHR governance. The Mercy system includes 45 acute-care and specialty hospitals and almost 700 clinic and outpatient facilities.
"In this digital age, electronic health records enable healthcare providers to continually innovate and improve on patient care. However, our patients need to trust that their protected health information is secure. FairWarning offers a proven proactive data protection and governance solution for electronic health records. With FairWarning, our patients are provided with extra assurance that their medical information is protected," said Tony Krawat, Mercy's vice president and chief compliance and privacy officer.