In a recent news release, PointClickCare stated that it has partnered with TigerText to deliver secure text messaging capabilities through TigerText’s Software Development Kit (SDK) to its EHR platform for long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) providers.
PointClickCare, which markets an electronic health record (EHR) platform and associated solutions for the senior market, notes that it has entered into the exclusive partnership with TigerText to meet the growing demand for secure communications between healthcare providers and practitioners. According to the company, its partnership with TigerText will allow PointClickCare clients the ability to leverage secure messaging from both PointClickCare’s EHR platform on mobile devices while complying with growing industry requirements.
The planned SDK aims to allow physicians and nurses to securely communicate time-sensitive patient issues with one another instantaneously through text from within PointClickCare’s EHR system or from the TigerText mobile application.
Mike Wessinger, president, CEO, PointClickCare, notes that the partnership with TigerText meets an existing need in LTPAC providers for a secure messaging solution that is HIPAA compliant and, “has the flexibility to be used within their EHR platform and on mobile devices, and also enables relevant conversations to be included in the resident’s record.”
Brad Brooks, TigerText co-founder and CEO, articulates the company’s excitement in partnering with PointClickCare. “With this SDK integration we are expanding our presence in both the EHR and long-term care market by delivering a much-needed secure platform at all points of care,” Brooks says.
The release reports that using the integrated solution, providers can send and receive secure text messages directly within the EHR system, as well as on care providers’ mobile devices. The solution aims to streamline communication to allow for real-time collaboration among long-term, post-acute, and primary caregivers.
The release also notes that the companies are working to bring the integrated solution to the market in the first quarter of 2014.
[Source(s): PointClickCare, TigerText]
