Secure Messaging

Physicians Bear the Greatest Inpatient EHR Messaging Load

January 2, 2024 - Inpatient EHR messaging patterns differ by role, with medicine providers sending and receiving 2.8 and 3.1 times the average daily messaging volume compared to other groups, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. While previous research has reported that EHR messaging can improve patients' emergency department length of stay,...

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Emojis in Clinical Text Messaging May Facilitate Team Communication

by Hannah Nelson

Clinicians primarily use emojis and emoticons in clinical text messaging to convey new and interactionally salient information, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers...

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...

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 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...

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