In order to improve communication among staff members while remaining HIPAA-compliant, many hospitals and health systems are turning to secure texting solutions. The following stories on secure ...

Everyone texts. According to a September 2013 Pew Research report, 81 percent of cell phone owners, or about 74 percent of all Americans, regularly send and receive text messages. What is an easy and ...

DirectTrust is beta testing a new version of its Direct protocol for secure email messaging that can support secure texting and "chats" involving health information on mobile devices, says David Kibbe ...

There are more than a few companies out there offering secure messaging services for healthcare — to the point that there is peer-reviewed research on physicians getting overwhelmed with email. But ...

LEXINGTON, Mass., Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Imprivata, the leader in secure access and collaboration solutions for healthcare, today announced Imprivata CorText™, the first texting application ...

“Whether it's to request a consult or to send an image of an EKG to a cardiologist, today's care providers require a secure and convenient way to collaborate electronically,” said Sean Kelly, M.D., ...

ROCKVILLE, Md., Feb. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Only 10 percent of patients prefer to receive physician communications via patient portals, whereas twice that many (19.6 percent) favor receiving ...

For years, pharmacies have called patients to let them know about important updates to their service, like prescriptions that are ready for pickup or paperwork that needs to be filled out. Maintaining ...

Vendors are evolving secure texting as a complete offering into full-fledged communications platforms by adding new features for healthcare provider organizations, a new report shows. KLAS has ...

OCOEE, Fla. & ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Transaction Data Systems, Inc., doing business as Rx30, and DrFirst today announced that the companies are partnering to make secure communications and ...

A perceived lack of communication is the primary reason for patient dissatisfaction, not a doctor’s qualifications, expertise or the diagnosis given. A study of 35,000 physician reviews posted online ...