Bonus Features – August 21, 2022 – DirectTrust sending 75 Million messages per month, HIMSS23 submission deadline is September 12, and more

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. News DirectTrust, the industry alliance enabling secure PHI exchange among providers and between providers and patients, announced that the Direct Exchange has sent and received nearly 3.3 billion messages since 2014. This amounts to more than 75 million transactions per month. DirectTrust also said the number of providers engaging in Direct Secure Messaging has increased 14% from Q2 2022 compared to the same time last year. All told, 2.6 million Direct addresses exist. The U.S. Department of Labor ordered a Pittsburgh-based home care agency to pay more than $1.4 million in back wages to 218 workers who were paid a straight-time rate instead of a time-and-a-half rate for overtime. The department’s Wage and Hour Division also discovered that Everest Home Care failed to include recruitment commissions and hourly coronavirus hazard pay in employees’ required rates of pay when calculating overtime. HIMSS has issued its call for proposals to speak at HIMSS23, which is April 14-17 in Chicago. The submission deadline is Monday, September 12 at 5 p.m. Central time.  Check out our ...
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