Direct Secure Messaging

How DirectTrust is Enhancing Health Data Interoperability, Usability

February 14, 2024 - Over 300,000 healthcare organizations have access to Direct, making it the most ubiquitous interoperability data standard, according to Scott Stuewe, president and CEO of DirectTrust, the non-profit healthcare industry alliance that created the Direct standard. Direct, also known as direct secure messaging, is a secure communication transport system that connects health IT systems...

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DirectTrust Reports Over 72M Monthly Direct Secure Messages in 2022

by Sarai Rodriguez

Healthcare industry alliance DirectTrust facilitated an average of over 72 million direct secure messages monthly during Q4 2022, marking a continued growth trend in the past year. DirectTrust enables...

HI-BRIDGE HIE Adds ADT Alerts to Platform for Care Coordination

by Hannah Nelson

The HI-BRIDGE Health Information Exchange (HIE) has added admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) alerts to its platform to improve the quality of healthcare data delivered to providers and...

DirectTrust Announces Q3 Dip in Care Orgs Exchanging Direct Secure Messages

by Hannah Nelson

DirectTrust facilitated more than 208 million direct secure messages during the third quarter of 2022, an increase of 9 percent compared to the same period last year. However, the number of healthcare...

DirectTrust Supports 260 Million Direct Secure Messages in Q2 2022

by Hannah Nelson

DirectTrust saw a 14 percent increase in healthcare organizations leveraging direct secure messages In the second quarter of 2022 compared with the same period last year. The non-profit healthcare...

DirectTrust Facilitates Over 191M Direct Secure Messages in Q1 2022

by Sarai Rodriguez

DirectTrust supported more than 191 million direct secure messages during the first quarter of 2022, representing an 11 percent increase over the same quarter in 2021. The nonprofit healthcare...

How Health Data Standards Support Healthcare Interoperability

by Editorial Staff

Achieving true healthcare interoperability across the care continuum is a top priority for providers, payers, and other key industry stakeholders. Seamless, comprehensive data sharing is particularly important for healthcare organizations...

DirectTrust Announces 31% Increase in 2021 Direct Secure Messages

by Hannah Nelson

Healthcare industry alliance DirectTrust supported more than 945 million direct secure messages during 2021, representing a 31 percent increase over the total number of transactions in 2020. Since...

HIE Leverages Direct Secure Messaging to Boost Care Coordination

by Hannah Nelson

The Rochester RHIO health information exchange (HIE) has partnered with health IT vendor Secure Exchange Solutions (SES) in efforts to boost data exchange and care coordination through direct secure...

DirectTrust Launches Consensus Body for SDOH Data Exchange Interoperability

by Hannah Nelson

DirectTrust has announced the launch of the Information Exchange for Human Services (IX4HS) Consensus Body to support social determinants of health (SDOH) data exchange interoperability. The consensus...

4 Use Cases for Direct Secure Messaging, Data Exchange in Healthcare

by Hannah Nelson

As the digital health transformation continues, direct secure messaging has proven to be a valuable tool to support various data exchange efforts. Non-profit trade alliance DirectTrust developed the...

DirectTrust Acquisition Aims to Boost Data Exchange, Interoperability

by Hannah Nelson

DirectTrust has acquired the assets of health IT consortium and certification body SAFE Identity, including its Trust Framework, in an effort to expand interoperability use cases for secure health...

CMS Interoperability Rule, ADT, Fuels Direct Secure Messaging Growth

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...

DirectTrust Launches Draft Health IT Standard, Instant Messaging Platform

by Hannah Nelson

The DirectTrust consensus body for Trusted Instant Messaging Plus (TIM+) has launched a draft standard to finalize the process of becoming an American National Standards Institute...

Direct Secure Messaging Now Approved Health Data Exchange Standard

by Hannah Nelson

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has approved the Direct Standard, which lays the foundation for direct secure messaging, as a national standard for health data exchange. The Direct...

Direct Messaging Boosts Interoperability For COVID-19 Vaccination

by Hannah Nelson

Surescripts Clinical Direct Messaging has played a vital role in the country’s COVID-19 vaccination effort by boosting interoperability between pharmacies and primary care providers. Since...

DirectTrust Promotes Over 170M Direct Secure Messages in 2021 Q1

by Christopher Jason

DirectTrust has announced it facilitated over 170 million direct secure messages within its network during the 2021 first quarter. The 172.5 million direct secure messages are a 21 percent increase...

The Interoperability Infrastructure Passed the COVID-19 Test

by Christopher Jason

When a healthcare crisis hits, scientists try to figure out the what, why, and who of the crisis, and during COVID-19, that search coincided with significant disruption, according to Tom Skelton, chief...

How DirectTrust Managed Direct Secure Messaging During COVID-19

by Christopher Jason

Communication between providers is crucial when it comes to patient data exchange, which is why health information exchanges across the country are always aiming to enhance provider-to-provider...

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