TORONTO, April 26, 2024 – MedStack, a Toronto-based data security and privacy compliance platform for digital health companies, has been shortlisted for two awards in the inaugural 2024 PICCASO Awards Canada.
MedStack has been nominated for Health Privacy Leadership, recognizing companies that have demonstrated cutting edge leadership and innovation in health data and privacy, as well as Most Impactful Privacy Product or Service. The full list of all categories and shortlisted nominees can be found on PICCASO’s website.
The PICCASO (Privacy, Information, Change & Culture Awareness Societal Organization) Privacy Awards were first launched in the UK in 2022. The PICCASO Awards Canada are the first in North America, celebrating excellence in Canadian privacy thought leadership, policy and practice.
“This is an enormous accolade, recognizing our mission to make data security and privacy easier and more repeatable to build, maintain and prove, in the world’s most stringent segment, healthcare, as a turnkey service,” said Balaji Gopalan, Co-Founder and CEO of MedStack. “I couldn’t be prouder of our team.”
MedStack makes it easy for digital health application innovators to build, launch and scale compliant cloud applications that automatically meet the data privacy and security requirements of today’s healthcare enterprise systems.
Built specifically for the needs of this industry, only MedStack brings together proven, fully-templated policy and procedure workflows with built-in, managed and inheritable data security protocols for digital health vendors.
The winners of the 2024 PICCASO Privacy Awards will be announced at a gala event in Toronto on June 11.
About MedStack
MedStack is a cloud automation technology company built specifically for the needs of the digital health industry. Its standardized platform allows healthcare innovators to deliver ready-to-buy, compliant applications to market and is emerging as the de facto standard for delivering industry requirements for digital health. MedStack is trusted by hundreds of leading digital health companies across North America and has been accepted in implementation by several notable payers and providers. The company is proudly based in Toronto, Canada.
About PICCASO Canada
PICCASO Canada, a non-profit organization based in Toronto, Ontario, is a collaboration between PICCASO, a UK based global-facing not-for-profit special interest group, led by seasoned volunteers who are senior leaders in privacy, data and information security and The Privacy Pro, a boutique consulting firm in Toronto that is known for its business-savvy and practical approach to privacy. The primary aim of PICCASO Canada is to develop and organize thought leadership and events that promote privacy, data protection and information security in Canada.
