Secure Text Messaging in Healthcare: Latent Threats and Opportunities to Improve Patient Safety
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The Past
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Over the past two decades, physicians and nurses practicing in hospital settings have faced an onslaught of challenges in communication, an area frequently cited as critical to providing safe and effective care to patients.1-3 Communication needs have increased significantly as hospitalized patients have become more acute, complex, and technology-dependent, requiring larger healthcare teams comprising subspecialists across multiple disciplines spread across increasingly larger inpatient facilities.4 During this same period, the evolution of mobile phones has led to dramatic shifts in personal communication patterns, with asynchronous text messaging replacing verbal communication.5-7
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2013 ◽
Vol 2
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pp. 25
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2017 ◽
Vol 22
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pp. 124-125
2017 ◽
Vol 36
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pp. 238-243
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