etherFAX today announced its DirectTrust membership and participation in DirectTrust Standards to drive healthcare interoperability and enable the secure exchange of healthcare information. As a member of DirectTrust, etherFAX is a part of a communication network that ensures the reliable and secure transport of data between providers to improve patient care.
As a cloud-based and virtual solution, etherFAX enables organizations to securely send and receive information from a broad range of applications and endpoint devices without having to change a single workflow. The etherFAX Secure Exchange Network (SEN) is the world’s largest fax network, leveraging advanced encryption and hybrid cloud technology to provide 100 percent secure communications.
“Becoming a member of DirectTrust reinforces our commitment to providing healthcare organizations with the most secure document delivery solution in the industry,” said Paul Banco, CEO and co-founder of etherFAX. “Our Weave solutions are creating the off-ramp from fax and the on-ramp to interoperability, guaranteeing that patient data and business-critical information remain protected at all times.”
etherFAX’s DirectFax™ solution via SEN enables organizations to send and receive PHI and unstructured data directly to applications and devices with ultra-fast transmission speeds and guaranteed delivery. By leveraging the security of fax technology with the scalability of the cloud, etherFAX DirectFax delivers high-resolution, full-color documents within seconds. These capabilities can now be extended to Direct Secure Messages.
By joining the DirectTrust network, etherFAX can now connect to nearly three million direct addresses, across roughly 300,000 organizations, that have shared about three billion messages. etherFAX will allow these organizations to receive a Direct Secure Message (DSM) from etherFAX clients that are using popular fax servers, as well as third-party messaging platforms including Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Microsoft Fax. Joining the DirectTrust network gives etherFAX another interoperability capability, allowing users to choose how they want to send, receive, and integrate patient data into their EHRs.