In many situations, texting is the fastest and most efficient way of sending information. Reports show that texting among physicians is widespread and that they are texting clinical information — whether or not it is legal to do so. Physicians who text each other clinical information risk exposing themselves to the privacy and security violations of HIPAA.
But DocbookMD is changing all that. Combining the ease and mobility of texting within a HIPAA-secure app now gives physicians the best of both worlds.
DocbookMD offers physicians:
- Physician-centered patient care: Reach out to colleagues and coordinate your entire care team from nurses to front office staff.
- A convenient way to share vital patient information from the point-of-care.
- HIPAA-secure ability to attach high-resolution images of x-rays, EKGs, or wounds to any message.
- A universal communication solution: Use DocbookMD to coordinate care across any type of practice setting ― even without an EHR.
- Details on all your local pharmacies
- Accurate, up-to-date physician contact information (including email addresses and photos).
“DocbookMD allows you to look up another doctor at the point of care. You can then either call the physician or send a text message with room numbers, medical record numbers, even pictures of wounds and x-rays. And all of this is sent securely and in a way that meets HIPAA requirements,” says DocbookMD cofounder and TMA member Tim Gueramy, MD.
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