Healthcare IT News February 12, 2024
Texting of patient orders among members by healthcare teams is now permissible at critical access hospitals when done through a HIPAA-compliant secure platform in compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation rules, the agency says.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality, Safety & Oversight Group sent a memo to state survey agency directors, effective immediately, clarifying HIPAA compliance for texting patient information and hospital orders at critical access hospitals.
WHY IT MATTERS
Texting guidance CMS released to hospitals in 2018 indicated that while texting patient information had become essential to operations, the practice of texting patient orders from a provider to a member of the care team was not compliant with the agency’s Conditions of Participation.
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