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Fax is widely used in small to medium medical offices still in the US. Lab reports, radiology, referrals, prescriptions (for things like PT). End up in the ER
by lsllc 3y ago
Fax is widely used in small to medium medical offices still in the US. Lab reports, radiology, referrals, prescriptions (for things like PT). End up in the ER on vacation? Unless your primary doc is in the same "health system" it's quite likely that the paperwork will be faxed from the ER to your doc.
- ThePowerOfFuet 3y agoThis says much less about fax than about the dysfunctional "healthcare system" in the US.
- johnwalkr 3y agoThat's not it. Other countries with universal healthcare also use faxes. It's a conservative industry and you have less legal risk to send a fax and get another signed fax back than to rely on email, docusign, documentsignr.com or whatever. They won't be replaced until it's both very clear and also required to move to some standard digital signature system. This is resisted by the public everywhere because this pretty much means requiring an e-id system.
- ksec 3y agoThat is similar to many other countries as well. 99% of HN has a world view of Tech where the definition "tech" means Software Industry.