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CMS Interoperability Rule, ADT, Fuels Direct Secure Messaging Growth

The CMS Interoperability and Patient Access final rule’s ADT notification standard has resulted in a significant increase in direct secure messaging.

CMS Interoperability Rule, ADT, Fuels Direct Secure Messaging Growth

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By Hannah Nelson

- DirectTrust has reported a significant uptick in direct secure messaging which could help healthcare organization compliance with the admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) messaging standard requirement of the CMS Interoperability and Patient access final rule.

DirectTrust facilitated 326 million direct secure messages during the second quarter of 2021, a 130 percent increase from the same time last year, and a 90 percent increase over the first quarter of 2021.

Since DirectTrust began tracking transactions in 2014, the vendor has reached nearly 2.6 billion transactions. On average, this is over 109 million transactions per month.