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What Would You Do?:

Check HIPAA Pitfalls Before Texting

Published on Tue Mar 24, 2015

Question: Some of our providers are interested in the cutting edge use of technology in patient care. For example, the physicians would like to be able to text with patients who have questions. Don’t we risk HIPAA violations if they communicate via text messages with patients though? New York Subscriber Answer:  The biggest, overall HIPAA-related issues with text messaging are [...]
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