{"id":2856,"date":"2023-09-01T15:16:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T15:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kleetos.com\/?p=2856"},"modified":"2025-04-03T06:01:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T06:01:23","slug":"healthcare-communication-is-dangerously-obsolete-heres-a-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brightsquid.com\/us\/healthcare-communication-is-dangerously-obsolete-heres-a-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare communication is dangerously obsolete &#8211; Here&#8217;s a fix"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2856\" class=\"elementor elementor-2856\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-658cdc08 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"658cdc08\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62eebfc0\" data-id=\"62eebfc0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddbd2a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ddbd2a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"812\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/brightsquid.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/secure-clinic-messaging-our-healthcare-communication-dangerously-obsolete-brightsquid-blog.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3140\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brightsquid.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/secure-clinic-messaging-our-healthcare-communication-dangerously-obsolete-brightsquid-blog.jpg 812w, https:\/\/brightsquid.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/secure-clinic-messaging-our-healthcare-communication-dangerously-obsolete-brightsquid-blog-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brightsquid.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/secure-clinic-messaging-our-healthcare-communication-dangerously-obsolete-brightsquid-blog-768x352.jpg 768w, https:\/\/brightsquid.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/secure-clinic-messaging-our-healthcare-communication-dangerously-obsolete-brightsquid-blog-650x298.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-452423cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"452423cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazyframe lazyframe--loaded\" data-ratio=\"16:9\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lBe-ieBQiW4\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lBe-ieBQiW4\" width=\"1013\" height=\"570\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div><div dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/div><p>Healthcare technology is progressing rapidly, with newer faster ways to diagnose and treat illness advancing all the time. Yet, a very high percentage of care is coordinated using 50 year old fax communications, mail (yes, with a stamp), and the telephone.\u00a0<b>Fax, mail, and phone are inefficient, unreliable, and outdated standards for communicating lifesaving information.<\/b>\u00a0They create a bottleneck that slows the pace of healthcare to a dangerous crawl. Dr. Michael Giuffre has implemented a solution &#8211; and he believes it is exactly what the healthcare system needs to survive.<\/p><p>In a recent interview (video above), Dr. Giuffre, practicing pediatric cardiologist for 27 years, member of the Canadian Medical Association Board of Directors, past president of the Alberta Medical Association, clinical professor at the University of Calgary, and member of the Brightsquid Board of Directors describes that<b>\u00a0the issue with the system is having, \u201cmultiple systems that don\u2019t talk.<\/b>\u201d He explains that there is, \u201cno ability to integrate that information.\u201d<\/p><div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe\u2019ve tried to transition medicine and the communication of medicine away from paper to electronic, digital medicine with the notion that we\u2019d be improving quality of care of \u00a0patients,\u201d Dr. Giuffre notes of the last 15 years.<\/div><div dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"ltr\">Even though records are typically created and stored electronically, that information resides in silos within clinic walls and is not easily shared.\u00a0<b>Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems are designed to keep digital records secure, not make them shareable.<\/b>\u00a0And because the system continues to rely on obsolete communication technologies, people get sicker (or worse) waiting for care or working with health team members that can\u2019t see their whole health picture.<\/div><div dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"ltr\">Modern communications technology such as email has been ignored by healthcare because it isn\u2019t a secure way to transmit confidential information. Dr. Giuffre and his colleagues use Brightsquid Secure Health Exchange, an email-like secure communication service, to share patient information safely. As a result, he says, \u201cWaiting time is less and access is improved.\u201d But the big benefit Dr. Giuffre sees is that\u00a0<b>health team members are provided\u00a0with, \u201csources of truth that help us be safe, that help us provide timely great access to care.\u201d<\/b><\/div><div dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"ltr\">Too much effort and time is wasted trying to coordinate appropriate care for patients. The resulting delays cause suffering for patients and drains unnecessary cost from the system. These inefficiencies have made the Canadian healthcare system unaffordable. Dr. Giuffre believes that\u00a0<b>the system can be saved using systems like Brightsquid to create efficiencies through better communication.<\/b>\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s about spending more money. 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