More employees are communicating with their managers via texts. So what are your managers supposed to do when a text contains possible medical or FMLA-related info?
New white paper from DocHalo explores what features of a secure text messaging system promote better physician alignment.
Take advantage of new technology and technology consumption habits to improve patient engagement while boosting your bottom line.
Unsure if your medical practice is HIPAA compliant when it comes to secure text messaging and email? We help to clear up the mystery for you.
As communication portals rapidly grow, text messaging proves to be a faster means of send and receive mechanism for physician-patient correspondence. Physi
Study: Secure text messaging cuts patient length of stay
How to create a text messaging medical app and associated platforms.
Despite concerns that patients might overuse a program to directly message their physician after surgery, an orthopedic group found that patients didn’t abuse the capability.
First, ensure that you are compliant with TCPA. Get consent for all text message communications with patients as part of your normal intake process.
<br>As the number of people using text messaging steadily increases, many physicians similarly feel the urge to use text messages to communicate with their patients and colleagues. Like others
I've written about individual trials involving text messaging before. A meta-analysis was just published, though.
It takes expertise, trustworthiness, and finding common ground.
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A personal medical record collects all of your medical information into a single file. Keeping one is an important step in managing your care. Learn about what to include, how to gather the information, and why creating a personal medical record can help.
It's been tough to identify the problems that only turn up after medicines are on the market. An experimental project is now combing through data to get earlier, more accurate warnings.
Joint Commission guidance on texting is a big deal for physicians
Someone is going to tell you no. You can't do it. You're not good enough. You're not smart enough. I challenge you to take every one of those no's and embrace them.
Most healthcare practices are constantly looking for ways to improve the quality of care provided to patients.
A neurologist and a bioethicist discuss how to approach patients asking for 'unnecessary' tests and procedures.