Fierce Healthcare February 12, 2024
Providers working in hospitals and critical access hospitals may now text patient information and patient orders among care team members without landing on the wrong side of Medicare’s Conditions of Participation, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) wrote in a recent memorandum to state survey agencies.
The catch, per the notice, is that the providers must be sending the texts through a secure texting platform that is compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
The agency said it still prefers that providers enter their orders into the medical record via a computerized provider order entry (CPOE) or a handwritten order. However, “we recognize that alternatives also exist now, as well as significant improvements in the...
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