Hospitalists who feel like they are drowning in the volume of messages sent and received over electronic secure messaging systems apparently are not exaggerating. While the systems are viewed as a ...

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 ...

The RCS communication protocol is basically next-gen SMS, adding support for features like typing indicators, read receipts, and higher-quality image, video, and file sharing features. Google has been ...

In May 2016 The Joint Commission (TJC) ended its ban on text messaging for healthcare providers, stating that practitioners may text orders via a secure text messaging platform. Fast-forward to ...

Investigators have identified a number of potential considerations resulting from billing patients for consults via secure messaging. Billing patients for physician services provided via patient ...

Germany’s healthcare system has begun a programme that aims to improve communication and decision-making by replacing faxes, phone calls and voicemails with encrypted messaging services. The project, ...