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How Direct Digital Fax Can Improve System Usability for EHRs

by Paul Banco, CEO of etherFAX 06/08/2020 Leave a Comment

How Fax Protects Patient Health Information

The lack of EHR usability is a huge concern for the healthcare industry. According to a study conducted by Mayo Clinic researchers, modern electronic health records (EHR) are less user-friendly than Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel, and Google. Using the System Usability Scale (SUS), Electronic Health Records were marked with an unsettling “F” and a SUS score of 45 while Excel received a SUS score of 57 and Microsoft Word received a SUS score of 76. Google search came in on top with an “A” and a
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EHR Fax Server Error Exposes Thousands of Physician Notes, Medical Records

by Fred Pennic 03/18/2019 Leave a Comment

Thousands of physicians’ notes and medical records were left exposed by a fax server error within Meditab, an all-in-one multi-specialty EHR, Practice Management and Billing software solution, TechCrunch first reports. Dubai-based cybersecurity firm SpiderSilk discovered the unsecured exposed fax server was running an Elasticsearch database with over 6 million records since its creation in March 2018. It is unknown if anyone else discovered the exposed fax server or how long the data was
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Redefining the Fax Machine for the Modern Era in Healthcare

by Robert Cichielo, CTO at etherFAX 10/29/2018 Leave a Comment

TigerText Wants to Eliminate the Ancient Pager & Fax in Healthcare

Government regulations require specific industries, such as healthcare and financial services, comply with data privacy regulations. These compliance requirements serve to protect private, confidential, and sensitive information from unwanted intruders that could attempt to intercept files in transit. Though organizations can take measures to ensure that their email solutions are agreeable to these demands, an email message will typically pass through multiple servers before it reaches the final
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Does the Fax Machine Still Have A Place in Modern Healthcare?

by Brad Spannbauer, Sr. Product Manager at j2 Global 08/27/2018 Leave a Comment

TigerText Wants to Eliminate the Ancient Pager & Fax in Healthcare

Fax machines have been a common fixture in medical practices across the country since they reached peak popularity in the late 1980s; the convenience, reliability, and security of faxing meant it was, and still is, the communication medium of choice for the majority of healthcare organizations. But, technology has come a very long way in past 30 or so years, and expectations have changed - what was deemed to be convenient, reliable, or secure two or three decades ago, might not be anymore. So,
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Scrypt Integrates With Citrix ShareFile for Secure Cloud Faxing

by HITC Staff 07/20/2016 Leave a Comment

Scrypt, Inc., developers of secure productivity tools, announces the integration of Sfax, its HIPAA secure cloud faxing solution, with Citrix ShareFile, a secure enterprise file, sync and share system. By combining Sfax with ShareFile, healthcare providers are able to safely fax Protected Health Information (PHI) directly out of and into their ShareFile account.  Citrix ShareFile helps healthcare providers collaborate securely with medical groups, health systems, payers, patients and third
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