OnPage helps thwarts HIPAA violations Avoiding HIPAA violations and combating potential ransomware attacks are top of mind for many healthcare institutions. In theory, avoiding HIPAA violations should be straight forward as HIPAA requirements are very specific in what they do and don’t allow hospitals to do during communications with their staff physicians. HIPAA legislation clearly prohibits the use … Continued
Healthcare organizations strive to enhance patient experience, ensuring that patients receive proper treatment at the right time, every time. However, due to antiquated communication tools, such as the pager, this goal is often difficult to achieve for some healthcare providers. Today’s healthcare facilities require an advanced pager replacement solution, integrating with intelligent scheduling systems and … Continued
Have you heard about OnPage’s new and exciting integration with Amion? Through this collaboration, healthcare organizations can improve clinical communications, resulting in better patient care. It’s a sure way to enhance the patient experience, ensuring that qualified, on-call physicians respond more effectively to urgent clinical matters (i.e., patient needs). So, how exactly does the integration … Continued
What do VHS players and Tamagotchis have in common with the pager? It’s simple, they’re old pieces of technology that were popular in the ‘90s. It’s no longer the “Saved by the Bell” years and doctors need to get with the times by ditching their hammer pants, fanny packs … and pagers! By saying goodbye … Continued
We all know the phrase, “New year, new me.” However, for hackers, this mantra has long been forgotten. Regardless of the year, malicious parties will continue to find innovative and new ways to target the healthcare industry. That’s why in 2019, healthcare facilities should be aware of the cybersecurity threats plaguing the industry, with criminals … Continued
It’s no secret that we, at OnPage, are passionate about healthcare and the clinical professionals that make the industry go ‘round. It’s through our appetite for this industry, which lead us to publish several, interesting blogs about healthcare and its related topics in 2018. It’s been a successful year and we look forward to 2019, … Continued
Introduction Miscommunication isn’t just about the frustration that ensues when direction isn’t followed or understood by colleagues. For the healthcare industry, miscommunication could mean the loss of billions of dollars and endangering the lives of patients. That’s why physicians must implement a clinical communication solution to avoid the risks associated with poor, care team collaboration … Continued
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is the department within the Department of Health and Human Services that is tasked with enforcing HIPAA and in meting out fines or citations for violations. Given the organization’s importance in adjudicating HIPAA fines, healthcare organizations are highly interested in knowing what changes the OCR might offer in their … Continued
Chicago art exhibit displays problems of pager use – Non HIPAA Compliant At OnPage, we have long rallied against pagers, highlighting the problems they cause when used as a form of communication between doctors. In many blogs and whitepapers, we have described how: pagers are not secure pagers are easily hacked pagers enable the leaking … Continued
Answering services and HIPAA compliance Answering services are frequently used by doctors’ offices and practices to take down patient messages and send them over to the doctor at a later time. Often, this set up leads the answering service to either text back the doctor with the patient’s name and phone number. So, you might … Continued
