“DirectTrust has reported a significant uptick in direct secure messaging which could help healthcare organization compliance with the admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) messaging standard requirement of the CMS Interoperability and Patient access final rule.”
“DirectTrust facilitated 326 million direct secure messages during the second quarter of 2021, a 130 percent increase from the same time last year, and a 90 percent increase over the first quarter of 2021.”
“Since DirectTrust began tracking transactions in 2014, the vendor has reached nearly 2.6 billion transactions. On average, this is over 109 million transactions per month.”
“’We’re delighted with the continued steady growth across all DirectTrust metrics, and especially with the significant uptick in Direct Secure Messaging,’ Scott Stuewe, president and CEO of DirectTrust, expressed in a public statement.”
“Stuewe noted that DirectTrust attributes the upsurge in the use of direct secure messaging in part to the many organizations using the health IT to satisfy the ADT messaging standard that CMS put into effect on May 1…” Read the full article here.
Source: CMS Interoperability Rule, ADT, Fuels Direct Secure Messaging Growth – By Hannah Nelson, August 4, 2021. EHR Intelligence.
