Secure Messaging Video: An Introduction
As a patient, you should be able to assume that your private health information is safe and guarded from the outside world. Unfortunately, this may not be the case. Unknowingly, many physicians are using unsecured, unencrypted methods of messaging that leave your personal matters a little less private. These methods include, but are not limited to, text messaging, and even email.
As Jen mentioned in our last post, apart from your data floating around, your doctor could be fined thousands, or even millions of dollars for sending unsecured information! Imagine you are at the hospital with a broken arm. You have just sat down to look at your x-ray and your doctor decides that he wants to send it to your primary care physician. So, the doctor takes out his phone, takes a picture of the x-ray, and sends it over. That could cost your doctor upwards of $50,000 for one text! There has to be a better way to do this, and there is.
At pMD, we have found a way to solve this problem. We have created pMD Messaging, a secure, encrypted, HIPAA compliant messaging platform that physicians and patients can rely on. Other than its ease of use, one of the many features that makes our secure messaging so special is its integration into our charge capture solution (learn more). Having messaging directly incorporated into the software limits the amount of app switching and allows for quick access to patient records. Instead of two separate applications, you can find the patient and compose your message in the same instance. This is especially important for specialists whose time is very precious when it comes to patients. Specialists need to send and receive information about their patients very quickly, making an app that incorporates both messaging and charge capture the perfect match. Better yet, you can message physicians outside of your practice too!
To explain the importance of secure messaging, we are in the process of creating a video featuring our very own Doctor Mustachio and a new character named Doctor Fast Thumbs. In making this video, we are looking to show a serious situation with a humorous tone. Engaging an audience can be a very difficult task, especially with a topic that can be bland and boring. Over the next few weeks, we'll be posting updates on our progress and giving you a glimpse into the world of animated, video creation, and what it means to use secure messaging.
As Jen mentioned in our last post, apart from your data floating around, your doctor could be fined thousands, or even millions of dollars for sending unsecured information! Imagine you are at the hospital with a broken arm. You have just sat down to look at your x-ray and your doctor decides that he wants to send it to your primary care physician. So, the doctor takes out his phone, takes a picture of the x-ray, and sends it over. That could cost your doctor upwards of $50,000 for one text! There has to be a better way to do this, and there is.
At pMD, we have found a way to solve this problem. We have created pMD Messaging, a secure, encrypted, HIPAA compliant messaging platform that physicians and patients can rely on. Other than its ease of use, one of the many features that makes our secure messaging so special is its integration into our charge capture solution (learn more). Having messaging directly incorporated into the software limits the amount of app switching and allows for quick access to patient records. Instead of two separate applications, you can find the patient and compose your message in the same instance. This is especially important for specialists whose time is very precious when it comes to patients. Specialists need to send and receive information about their patients very quickly, making an app that incorporates both messaging and charge capture the perfect match. Better yet, you can message physicians outside of your practice too!
To explain the importance of secure messaging, we are in the process of creating a video featuring our very own Doctor Mustachio and a new character named Doctor Fast Thumbs. In making this video, we are looking to show a serious situation with a humorous tone. Engaging an audience can be a very difficult task, especially with a topic that can be bland and boring. Over the next few weeks, we'll be posting updates on our progress and giving you a glimpse into the world of animated, video creation, and what it means to use secure messaging.
