HIPAA Compliant Fax For Healthcare

An aging, chronically ill population combined with reduced reimbursement, an increased number of uninsured Americans, concern for the elevated rates of medical errors and a skills shortage are placing unprecedented strain on the US healthcare system.

Compliance with HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) means Health Care Organizations (HCO’s) need to keep electronic records and to automate processes.  By deploying cloud-based internet technology like Sfax, healthcare providers can instantly streamline operational efficiencies as well as improve the vital exchange of information.

Healthcare providers are inundated with handling the volume of incoming and outgoing fax records on a daily basis and struggle to meet the stringent requirements of HIPAA.  Sfax easily integrates with any existing network infrastructure to deliver secure, reliable and convenient smart fax messaging while enabling providers to handle more patients with a smaller workforce and at a lower cost.

Physicians and Clinics

Office Managers and Physicians are constantly looking for ways to improve the efficiency, productivity and level of care they provide to their patients. Sfax provides an internet fax service for all sizes of doctors practices that removes the chore of manual faxing with very little training.

For Office Managers:

• Eliminate manual faxing with significantly lower operating costs
• Free up staff members to perform other duties
• Store faxes in a hold queue for physicians to sign when they have time
• Automatically create an audit trail of all inbound and outbound faxes for HIPAA regulations
• Store of all faxed documents online so you never lose a fax again
• Use search capabilities allow you to easily find faxes for resending, printing, and more
• Easily export faxed documents into any EMR system

For Physicians:

• Reduce claim denials and ensure you receive the maximum payments owed to you
• Digitally sign incoming fax documents such as orders and prescription refills without printing
• Remain connected to your office while out of the office through Sfax online
• Review important lab results, referral letters, important follow ups and respond quickly.

With the time savings achieved we have reallocated personnel to other tasks and departments. We have also made significant savings in office supplies and costs. All of these add up to big savings for us.

Physician practice, Houston

Hospitals

Even with the implementation of EMR systems and other IT solutions, Hospitals still need to effectively address the nuisance of manual faxing. This is where Sfax can help. Sfax is a smart faxing solution that eliminates manual faxing and troublesome fax servers for inbound and outbound faxes. Sfax easily integrates into all functional areas of a hospital. Whether you are in a clinical area, billing, or medical records, Sfax provides an intelligent HIPAA-compliant solution that reduces operating costs and increase efficiencies.

“Our IT department implemented Sfax into our entire facility. Our clinicians love how easy it is to use, our doctors love that information is always at their fingertips, and medical records loves that the incoming faxes can easily be uploaded into our EMR.” IT Department, Gateway Medical Center, Clarksville, TN

Sfax internet faxing helps other healthcare providers including:

• Assisted living centers
• Cosmetic surgeons
• Dentists
• Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
• Free standing labs
• Long-term care facilities
• Nursing facilities and nursing homes.
• Orthodontists
• Out patient surgical center
• Pharmacies
• Psychiatrists
• Psychologists
• Rehabilitation

Healthcare document types that get faxed using Sfax include:

• Medical claims forms
• EOB’s (Explanation of Benefits)
• 485’s
• HCFA 1500
• UB92
• Referrals
• Lab and radiology reports
• Pharmacy
• Prescriptions
• Physician orders
• Insurance authorizations
• Face sheets
• Medical records
• Patient accounting records

Our medical records staff loves Sfax. They no longer spend time stuffing envelopes and mailing orders, creating custom fax cover pages, or standing at the fax machines sending faxes. They are able to just click and send.

Walt Ames, Director of IT for the VNA of Mercer County in Trenton, NJ

Home health and hospice

Currently, most agencies manually fax their Private Duty Nursing assessments, Physician Orders, and Plan of Care forms to physicians and other recipients creating errors, delays and compliance issues.  Sfax replaces the chore of manual faxing and provides you with the power of secure internet faxing to succeed in this challenging environment.

Designed originally for healthcare, Sfax is now used by thousands of customers every day to embrace cloud computing, reduce costs, provide disaster recovery, eco-efficiency, get integrated, regulatory compliance and document security.

Start using Sfax Online, Sfax Driver and Sfax Mobile. If you’re after an integrated automated faxing solution check out Sfax API.

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