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Pediatricians increasingly favor SMS over pagers, but HIPAA concerns loom

Written by Telmediq | Dec 15, 2012 1:58:55 AM

http://mobihealthnews.com/18813/pediatricians-increasingly-favor-sms-over-pagers-but-hipaa-concerns-loom/

It has been years in the making, but text messaging is finally overtaking the antiquated pager as a means for physicians and hospital staff to communicate with each other, at least within children’s hospitals.