The HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules require covered entities (including healthcare providers and health plans) and their business associates to protect patient ...

Physicians are every bit as mobile physically as smartphone-driven communications have become virtually. When your “office” on a given day might be a dozen patient rooms at a hospital or two clinics ...

Texting has become both a ubiquitous and preferred method of communication — the average cell phone owner sends or receives 10 text messages per day, according to a recent Pew Research survey. The ...

Following some confusion, a Survey & Certification Letter sent last week has reaffirmed CMS’s stance on texting patient information, specifying that messages sent among clinicians are permissible so ...