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Why OhMD’s co-founder Ethan Bechtel wants to fix healthcare communication

The CEO and co-founder of OhMD, Ethan Bechtel, is no stranger to healthcare and the life of a regular patient. Like many kids, Ethan spent his youth playing soccer, skiing, snowboarding, and pushing the limits.  “When I was young, we would snowboard in backyards on snowboards without bindings” said Bechtel. “They had a rope connected… Read On

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Becker’s Health IT & CIO Review: Health IT Key Notes

OhMD, a HIPAA-compliant texting platform, joined athenahealth’s ‘More Disruption Please’ program. Read the full article here. Read On

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mHealth Times: OhMD Partners with athenahealth’s ‘More Disruption Please’ Program to Bring Secure Texting to Patients and Physicians

OhMD, a HIPAA-compliant texting platform for patients and healthcare professionals, announced a partnership with athenahealth, Inc. through athenahealth’s ‘More Disruption Please’ (MDP) program. As part of the athenahealth® Marketplace, this newly integrated application is now available to athenahealth’s growing network of more than 99,000 healthcare providers for more efficient communication between patients, colleagues, and other… Read On

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OhMD Partners with athenahealth’s ‘More Disruption Please’ Program to Bring Secure Texting to Patients and Physicians

OhMD Helps Improve Communication with Patients through Text Messaging NEW YORK, NY – May 22, 2017 – OhMD, a HIPAA-compliant texting platform for patients and healthcare professionals, today announced a partnership with athenahealth, Inc. through athenahealth’s ‘More Disruption Please’ (MDP) program. As part of the athenahealth® Marketplace, this newly integrated application is now available to… Read On

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Modern Healthcare: Engaging with patients to keep them happy and healthy

OhMD integrates with EHRs and is a secure texting platform for both patient-provider and provider-provider communication. “We view texting as far and away the preferred platform for communication these days,” said Amelia Coleman, vice president of business development for OhMD. “This is going to become second nature for providers across the board.” Read the full… Read On

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Efficient Doctor-Patient Communication

The single largest budget item for hospitals is labor costs, which can represent as much as 50% or more of the expense budget.  In small practices staff salary and benefits account for up to 30% of overhead expenses.  To get the most out of their largest line item, large and small healthcare organizations alike should… Read On

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Video: OhMD is all about simple communication for healthcare

We’ve made communication simple with a HIPAA compliant texting app that changes the patient experience. Check it out! Read On

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OMG – texting with patients

OhMD and one of our physician users, Dr. Julio Bracero-Rodriguez, was recently featured in an article in athenainsight about texting with patients! Check it out here: https://insight.athenahealth.com/omg-%E2%80%94-text-doctor Read On

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Co-founder, Ethan Bechtel’s, goal for OhMD Texting for Doctors

Founder and CEO of OhMD, Ethan Bechtel, wants to protect healthcare from HIPAA violations for free. In this day and age texting and other alternatives to phone calling are ideal for the average person in America. Many people outside of the healthcare field don’t know or understand that they cannot communicate with their doctors over… Read On

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OhMD Closes $1.2M Seed Funding Round

We’re excited to announce our recent round of funding! Eideard Venture Capital led the seed round. The company and its affiliated entities are also investors in Marathon Health. The Eideard Group represents, among others, the families of the founding members of IDX Systems Corp., a patient records and medical billing software company acquired in 2005 for… Read On

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HIPAA Compliant Email

The HIPAA history Why is HIPAA compliant email even a thing? HIPAA. It comes up in healthcare in literally every other conversation. We all triple check to make sure we didn’t spell it wrong in our outgoing emails. If someone were to notice, we would immediately lose credibility points among peers. On the other side, it’s not… Read On

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Myths about Healthcare Texting

We thought it might be fun to list the myths we’ve heard around texting in healthcare. 3 Myths about Texting #1: “Texting is impersonal” This statement came from a physician who didn’t believe patients wanted to be able to text with their doctors and practices. In fact, she was adamant that patients would hate it. It’s easy to debunk… Read On

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Patient Portal is Dead

In theory, the patient portal is a beautiful thing. A place I can go to get all of my health data and communicate with my doctor. Any bit of health information I could ever want is there, catalogued for me within a carefully crafted user experience that keeps me informed and healthy. This great new… Read On

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Physician Burnout in 2017

Physician Burnout On The Rise Physicians today are consistently being asked to do more with less. Increasing RVU demands mean less time with patients and more time outside of clinic hours finishing notes and following up on patient phone calls. I’ve spoken with physicians who spend in excess of 3 hours on administrative work AFTER… Read On

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The thing about secure email

Disappointment.  Anger.  Frustration.  Betrayal. A wave of emotion rushes over me every time I open my inbox and see a secure email sitting there, staring me in the face. I take a deep breath and try to channel compassion and kindness for whomever sent the dreaded message — I know they were trying to do… Read On

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OhMD and Me: Physician says Erysipelas

Written by Kate McIntosh, M.D. The following story is based on a real-life patient situation I have encountered with names and some clinical details modified: Rebecca is 6 years old.  She has been healthy, except for her mild asthma, which hasn’t been bothering her. She woke up with a rash on her arm which was a… Read On

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The Risks of SMS Texting in Healthcare

Texting and HIPAA Violations A recent survey indicates that over 73% of physicians use text messages to communicate with their staff or referring providers regarding patient care, and many doctors have also adopted the practice of texting directly with patients.  Often texting is the easiest, quickest form of communication for busy physicians, but SMS texting is… Read On

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Text Messages > Voice Messages

There is no question that text messages are the preferred form of communication for the majority of the adult population in the US (and globally).  As healthcare begins its shift toward a more consumer-centric paradigm, providers and organizations must find a secure way to meet patients where they are: on their phones. Let’s start by looking… Read On

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State of Vermont and VITL partner with OhMD to offer secure texting service to Vermont doctors

Burlington, VT – Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc. (VITL) and OhMD announce a partnership that will bring a secure, HIPAA secure texting service to Vermont health care providers and their patients. Smartphone use is nearly universal, so secure texting in health care makes sense as a fast and easy communication option, and offers patients more opportunities… Read On

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Starbucks Medicine and the Patient Experience

There are some rituals we covet.  For many of us, our morning coffee is among them.  For most of us, our annual physical is not. Apart from feeding our caffeine addiction, visiting a coffee shop is a pleasurable experience.  It provides us with time out from the busy day to take care of ourselves, without… Read On