The fax status is returned and logged to the patient record supporting Meaningful Use. Healthcare professionals can fax physicians notes, referrals, lab results, scheduling, health records, and more. Faxing from Epic is as easy as selecting the fax number and clicking send. Healthcare professional’s workload is reduced by eliminating the time of printing faxes and carrying to the fax machine. The information gets faxed faster plus there’s no loose paper trail. It’s faster and easier to send patient information via fax electronically to referring physician offices and insurance companies. It makes a lot of sense to use electronic fax to save time, money, and improve healthcare. But how does electronic faxing improve the quality of patient care? Protecting confidential patient information is important and as we all know required. “HIPAA, HITECH, and Meaningful Use are typical reasons given for deploying electronic fax in healthcare organizations. Our friends at Biscom recently published this great post regarding electronic faxing with Epic.
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