Tag: text messaging

To Text or Not To Text: Texting under HIPAA

February 29, 2016

Sending text messages under HIPAA Sometimes, technology just sneaks up on you. Patients want to speak with you – stat – about lab results or to schedule, be reminded of, and confirm an appointment without an interminable wait in the phone queue. Patients want text messaging — which has quickly become the new normal for […]

Email and Text Messaging Security in the Wired and Wireless Worlds

August 1, 2002

International Lecture by Dr. Erik Kangas “Internet email, Internet instant messaging, and mobile short text messaging are related in that they enable communications by pushing messages from sender to recipient over generally insecure networks. The security issues and vulnerabilities inherent in all three modes of communication are also very similar. This talk will review standard […]