Every healthcare organization needs secure and reliable capabilities for sharing critical information with external parties. For the vast majority, this continues to be a paper- based process with information sent by fax, mail or courier to lawyers, insurance companies, HR entities and even patients. Until recently, Fulton County Health Center was one of the many still relying on burdensome paper-based correspondence and exchange. “We were regularly printing, faxing and mailing any document that was considered protected health information (PHI) to our external partners,” says Julie Richer, IS – Applications Analyst at Fulton County Health Center. “This process was not only time consuming, but expensive, requiring us to spend more than we’d like on things like paper, toner and p

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