Case Study: Sharp Community Medical Group improves HIPAA adoption with SecurityMetrics Health Network Portal

Sharp Community Medical Group improves HIPAA adoption across 700+ physicians with SecurityMetrics

Sharp Community Medical Group, the largest independent physician association in San Diego County, faced significant challenges in monitoring HIPAA compliance across its vast network of over 700 physicians. David Porter, the Project Manager, was previously using inefficient manual spreadsheets to track member progress. The network's many small practices also lacked understanding of HIPAA requirements and found the necessary technology, like training and risk assessments, to be unaffordable. To address these issues, Sharp partnered with the vendor SecurityMetrics.

SecurityMetrics implemented its Health Network Portal, which provided Sharp with a clear overview of each member's compliance status and replaced the need for manual spreadsheets. The portal offered members an affordable, step-by-step breach protection checklist and easy-to-use tools, making HIPAA requirements less daunting. As a result, SecurityMetrics helped increase HIPAA adoption across the network by transforming the process into manageable steps, which created a greater sense of ownership and engagement among the member practices.

Sharp Community Medical Group