The Joint Commission recently announced a lift to its ban on secure texting among clinicians. This is big news for healthcare as the earlier ban prohibited texting between providers due to security ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

After allowing physicians to use secure text messaging to send care orders, The Joint Commission and CMS are revising their position and are banning the practice. Here’s what you should know. 1. The ...

Connectivity delays and network latency continue to be significant barriers to secure texting between clinicians, an issue that creates the opportunity for patient harm, according to several IT ...

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 ...

Every day, senior care providers and facility operators grapple with communication gaps that can impede the flow of health information and interrupt or delay care delivery, especially during resident ...

Nearly all hospitals – 96 percent of them – are either budgeting for or already investing in comprehensive clinical communication platforms this year, according to a new report from Black Book Market ...

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 ...

“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., ...