How DirectTrust is Improving the Usability and Interoperability of Health Data
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Over 300,000 healthcare organizations have access to Direct, making it the most ubiquitous interoperability data standard, according to Scott Stuewe, president and CEO of DirectTrust, the non-profit healthcare industry alliance that created the Direct standard.
Direct, also known as direct secure messaging, is a secure communication transport system that connects health IT systems over the open internet. The standard has a variety of use cases, including referrals, electronic case reporting, ePrescribing, and admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) messaging.