eFax Blog Archive

Improve Federal Mission Delivery with Cloud Fax

How Legacy Fax Workflows Slow Down Mission Delivery and How to Fix It

Federal agencies are being evaluated not just on what they deliver, but how efficiently they deliver it. The GAO’s 2025 High-Risk Series emphasizes that agencies are now being measured specifically on how technology supports mission-essential functions. Modernization is not about adding new technology, but improving service delivery.Fax remains embedded in many of these workflows. But the...
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The Comprehensive Guide to Healthcare Interoperability

Managing patient information has grown increasingly complex. Healthcare practices face massive volumes of clinical data, evolving compliance mandates, and even security vulnerabilities tied to legacy applications and workflows. Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems were supposed to help solve this challenge, and adoption across the industry has now reached significant levels. More than 99% of hospitals...
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How Healthcare AI and NLP are Eliminating Administrative Burdens for Health Systems

Artificial intelligence (AI) has officially evolved from being a trendy topic to a useful tool. In fact, 50% of healthcare leaders in the Q4 2025 McKinsey US Gen AI Healthcare Survey reported they’ve already adopted AI. As margins continue to decline in 2026 for hospitals and healthcare systems, efficiency is crucial to staying ahead. Artificial intelligence...
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Migrating to the Cloud: Closing the Hidden PHI Security Gaps in Outdated Federal Fax Workflows

Federal agencies continue to rely on fax as a trusted method for transmitting sensitive information, especially protected health information (PHI). In federal health agencies and programs, fax remains deeply embedded in workflows, and the assumption has long been that fax is inherently secure. However, that assumption doesn’t reflect how fax is used today. Transmissions may be...
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The IaaS Gap: Why Federal Agencies Are Betting Big on SaaS Solutions

Federal agencies have moved aggressively toward the cloud, but not all cloud models deliver the same outcomes. Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) has solved many legacy infrastructure challenges, but it can also produce critical gaps in security, compliance, and operations.Agencies have realized that migrating to the cloud is only part of the solution. It’s how that cloud is...
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From Legacy to Cloud: Modernizing Federal Communication Systems with ECFax®

Each year, the federal government spends more than $100 billion on IT, and the GAO reports that about 80% of that budget goes toward just supporting and maintaining legacy systems, many of which no longer meet current operational and cybersecurity standards.The infrastructure hasn’t kept pace with modern practices, and that includes faxes. Fax remains a...
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The MEDITECH Advantage: Why EHR Integration Experience Matters

EHR integration decisions are rarely limited to the EHR itself. For healthcare leaders, they also determine how well the organization will manage interfaces, preserve operational continuity, and support future interoperability. In MEDITECH environments, those decisions carry even more weight because interface complexity tends to expand during upgrades, consolidations, and broader digital transformation efforts.This is where...
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Breaking Down Barriers: The Impact of Cloud Faxing on Modern Clinical Practices

Clinical staff often spend countless hours managing extensively manual tasks trapped in outdated document workflows, pulling them away from patient care. Physical fax machines, busy signals, and lost paperwork create frustrating bottlenecks for medical practices of all sizes. To address these challenges, Bill French, Senior Director of Partnerships at eFax®, and Marcy McDade, Executive Director...
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