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Is Your Practice Texting in Line with HIPAA Standards?

Published on Tue Nov 15, 2016

Ensure that you’re protecting yourself and your patients when you text. Mobility—it is both the boon and bane of the health care industry and the greater society. On one hand, smartphones and tablets have allowed providers to assess patients with the mighty power of the net and all of its knowledge at their fingertips. These products have also helped doctors [...]
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