eFax Blog Archive

Mitigating Federal Cyber Risk: From Legacy Fax to Secure Cloud

Federal agencies operate in a high-stakes environment where mission delivery and national security depend on data integrity. Yet, much of the infrastructure supporting critical government functions remains anchored to legacy systems that create significant, and often unaddressed, cybersecurity risks. Outdated fax servers, analog phone lines, and fragmented paper-based workflows are not just inefficient; they are...
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Why Backward Compatibility is the Strategic Priority Your C-Suite Shouldn’t Ignore

Backward compatibility—making a new system compatible with an existing operating system—rarely enters C-suite conversations in healthcare, but it should.That’s because even as healthcare executives expect to make deeper investments in system integration this year, achieving integration becomes faster and far less expensive when leaders explore solutions that help systems talk with each other. This eliminates...
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HIMSS 2026: The Three Core Trends Shaping Healthcare IT Priorities

Over 24,000 healthcare professionals converged at this year’s HIMSS Global Health Conference in Las Vegas, and one thing was clear: Healthcare leaders are now operating under a mandate of pragmatism, demanding measurable value, auditable governance, and solutions that solve the industry’s most persistent problem: unstructured data.During a HIMSS member focus group session organized and moderated...
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Addressing Shadow AI: An Insider Threat to Data Security

One of the greatest cybersecurity threats to your health system today might not be a sophisticated external bad actor. Instead, it is likely a well-intentioned clinician sitting at a nurse’s station, frustrated by a backlog of paperwork. Driven by a desire to improve patient throughput, they copy and paste unprotected patient health information into a...
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The Great Cloud Fax Migration: Strategic Insights

The debate over the future of healthcare communication is officially settled. Healthcare isn’t abandoning the fax – it’s elevating it to the cloud. According to a recent independent study by Sage Growth Partners, 90% of healthcare leaders are actively engaged in the cloud fax market. The research reveals that 40% of organizations have already adopted...
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3 Data Pitfalls and How Providers Are Addressing Them: Takeaways from HIMSS and ViVE 2026

At this year’s HIMSS and ViVE conferences, one theme came through consistently: healthcare’s digital transformation is accelerating, but the underlying data infrastructure isn’t always keeping pace.Through my conversations, I found that many organizations are facing the same core challenges as they expand their AI, interoperability, and cloud initiatives. Here are three of the most pressing...
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The Hidden Speed Bump in Healthcare: Solving the Unstructured Data Crisis

At RSNA 2025, it became clear that the future of healthcare AI is less about showy algorithms and more about pragmatic, real-world integration – particularly when it comes to efficiency in clinical workflows. While attendees admired next-generation diagnostic tools and advanced imaging analytics, the conversations that resonated most were about tackling unstructured data. Marianne Soucy, Solutions...
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The 1980s Called, and We Upgraded Their Tech: Why Cloud Fax is the Essential Bridge for the New CMS Final Rule

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a regulatory push to modernize outdated healthcare administration. The final rule introduces new standards for electronic exchange and signatures as an alternative to hardware fax machines and snail mail for healthcare claims attachment. Unlike the 2022 proposal, the new rule does not include the...
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The FHIR-First Mandate: Why 2026 is the Critical Turning Point for Prior Authorization

For health leaders on both the payer and provider sides, the term prior authorization has long been synonymous with administrative friction, fax machines, and clinical delays. However, the regulatory landscape is changing in 2026; prior authorization is undergoing a total identity shift.According to recent AMA surveys, 94% of physicians report that prior authorization causes significant...
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