Melanie Rotax

Hospital Paging – A Better Communication Solution

Hospital paging is still prevalent in the healthcare industry today. According to a 2017 study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, nearly 80% of hospitals still use pagers. The pager was a fantastic invention of the mid 1900’s and was a great solution for communication in healthcare. But let’s face it, technology, healthcare, and communication… Read On

Ethan Bechtel

HIPAA Compliant File Sharing in Healthcare

HIPAA compliant file sharing and text messaging are revolutionizing the healthcare industry; patients and providers are more connected than ever before. This technology saves health systems tens of thousands of dollars each month and improves health outcomes for patients all across the United States. If saving money and patient lives sounds good to you, read… Read On

Ethan Bechtel

Is the eVisit the future of healthcare appointments?

Today, a doctor’s appointment comes in many forms. Whether a patient travels to their provider or schedules an electronic visit, there are many methods for consulting a healthcare professional. As the healthcare industry undergoes changes every day, many people wonder if the future of appointments lies in eVisits. What is an eVisit? Electronic visits can… Read On

Ethan Bechtel

Communication in Healthcare is a Necessity

Ensuring positive patient experiences and the highest quality of patient health outcomes requires more than just making diagnoses and performing surgery. Efficient communication plays an integral role in all steps of the healthcare process. Providers must be well-practiced in sharing information with colleagues and having transparent conversations with patients to achieve the best results. Organizations… Read On

Melanie Rotax

Medical Answering Service – Why You Need One

A medical answering service can drastically change the way your practice interacts with patients. Redirect valuable labor hours once wasted trying to get in touch with patients toward the thing that really matters—improving health outcomes. Why you need a medical answering service The most important component of healthcare is providing patients with the best treatment… Read On

Ethan Bechtel

HIPAA Compliant Live Chat – Everything You Need To Know

What is a HIPAA compliant live chat? The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 enforces healthcare providers maintain and transmit patient protected health information (PHI) confidentially at all times. In most cases, a chat system will save all of the sent messages and allow employee from the chat company to read back through… Read On

Ethan Bechtel

Secure Clinical Communication in Health Systems

As the methods of communication rapidly evolve, implementing text messaging in your practice grows in importance. Secure clinical communication allows patients and providers to correspond immediately and can largely impact health outcomes by increasing interaction between providers. To administer the best possible care, health providers need convenient access to both protected health information (PHI) and… Read On

Ethan Bechtel

Healthcare Messaging Apps – An Overview

There are countless messaging apps available to download right now, but very few are secure enough for medical information. The protected health information (PHI) shared in patient communications requires extra security. As messaging applications become more common, it is crucial to understand the importance of secure conversation with patients through healthcare messaging applications. What to… Read On

Ethan Bechtel

CMS Primary Cares – A path forward for primary care

What is CMS Primary Cares? Today, CMS announced a new plan called CMS Primary Cares, which is a plan to reimburse physician practices based on value and outcomes. The goal is to give primary care practices financial incentives to keep patients healthy and out of the emergency department. In rewarding physicians for keeping patients healthy,… Read On

Melanie Rotax

Leveraging OhMD’s Secure Text Messaging Platform for Mental Health / Counseling

We know mental and behavioral health professionals text a lot.  Whether you’re a therapist, social worker, psychologist or psychiatrist, chances are you already text with patients and referring providers.  OhMD is a free, secure platform that offers the convenience of texting without the security risk. Texting with patients: In the counseling field, it’s imperative to… Read On

Ethan Bechtel

Leveraging OhMD’s Secure Text Messaging Platform for Concierge and Direct Primary Care

The Concierge Medicine and Direct Primary Care (DPC) models are built on the promise of providing the highest level of service to patients.  Many concierge providers give patients their personal cell phone number so that they can be accessible by text 24/7.  With OhMD you can deliver that same level of accessibility to patients without… Read On

Ethan Bechtel

OhMD’s Secure Text Messaging Platform for Primary Care

Primary care practices are the hub of a patient’s medical care.  In a primary care practice providers need to provide a high level of patient care while seeing as many patients as possible, and minimize costs.  What if you had a solution that helped drive patient volume and reduced call volume by up to 30%,… Read On

Melanie Rotax

Text Messaging for Home Health

Doctors and nurses who work in home health are always on the go, and they need to secure way to stay in touch and manage their schedule. OhMD helps care providers at home health agencies communicate with colleagues, schedulers and patients. Why use OhMD? Use just one secure application to communicate with patients, collaborate on… Read On

Ethan Bechtel

HIPAA Compliant Texting in Pediatrics

Like all primary care specialties, pediatric practices require a high level of patient engagement.  Kids get sick, parents get worried, and being accessible in those situations can make a big difference to patients and families.  But there are lots of ways that OhMD can use secure texting to help improve the efficiency of your practice.… Read On

Ethan Bechtel

HIPAA compliant email vs HIPAA compliant texting

Emailing is not the primary form of communication amongst younger generations. As a millennial, it’s fair to say that we are always on our phones. Whether we are using it to text, check Facebook, use Snapchat or Messenger it’s abundantly clear that we use our phones to quickly send messages to our friends and colleagues. Emails still… Read On

Melanie Rotax

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

OhMD Team

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

OhMD Team

The Free Healthcare App Making Waves

OhMD is a new healthcare app revolutionizing communication in healthcare for free. Until now, conversations between physicians and their teams were relegated to slow and inefficient channels. A telephone call often turned into a voicemail, which often turned into a game of phone tag that would ultimately waste valuable time every day. While texting has… Read On

OhMD Team

The Value of Secure Texting in Medication Adherence

In February of this year JAMA published a study showing that texting doubles the odds of medication adherence, improving rates by 50-67%. The study showed that almost 75% of adults are non-adherent to their medication orders in one or more ways, costing the healthcare industry $300 billion annually.  Reasons for non-adherence range and include health literacy, disorganization,… Read On