Protected Health Information (PHI) has been in the news a lot lately, as people become concerned about what information is ok to reveal, and what is not. (Vaccine status, anybody?) Let’s review exactly what protected health information is, and what it isn’t. As technology advanced and electronic medical records became commonplace, a new category of...Read More

Pandemic conditions in 2020 and 2021 have necessitated adoption of many new digital tools, including telehealth applications. With that rise in technology comes a few necessary growing pains. Any industry that progresses rapidly or is challenged to perform differently will face a period of adoption. Johns Hopkins has successfully addressed a growing problem with educating...Read More

At FormDr, we are fixated on saving time for our customers, our customers’ patients and even for ourselves. Afterall, our digital intake forms and form builder were created to make offices run smoothly and more efficiently. Beyond appointment reminders and automatically completing HIPAA compliant forms, we’ve compiled our favorite simple time management tips + how...Read More

As the world has become increasingly digital, leaving paper in the past is considered both ideal for the environment and significantly beneficial for businesses. An impactful article from Forbes, titled The Sustainable Impact of a Paperless Office, explores some very good reasons why the era of paper has past, not just for medical offices, but...Read More

With Google Calendar integration, all of your scheduled appointments will populate into the calendar of your choosing. Now, FormDr automatically adds calendar events, sends automatic reminders, and seamlessly keeps track of your schedule with one click. No need to go back and forth, inputting appointments into multiple platforms. Simply connect your preferred calendar, open FormDr,...Read More

With the FormDr Google Drive integration, your patient form submission can now be saved directly to your Google Drive folder. Google Drive integration seamlessly converts each form submission into a PDF document, then automatically uploads each PDF and any additional file attachments to your Google Drive Account. Bulk Export All Submissions as PDF Files –...Read More

Healthcare is going through some amazing and radical transformations, while undergoing jarring and monumental shifts caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The one constant throughout is that healthcare continues to rapidly evolve in order to meet patients’ needs. Healthcare is becoming an industry driven by tech in many ways – services, patient care solutions, innovations, hardware,...Read More

When the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted in 1996, texting was not a mainstream form of communication.  Since then, the world has changed – so how do clinicians remain compliant while still using communication tools in the modern environment?While HIPAA does not address text messaging in specific language, it does contain...Read More

Early in the summer of 2021, the U.S. seemed to have COVID-19 on the ropes. Now, the Delta variant is sweeping through the country. All the while, nearly a year and a half into the pandemic, researchers are still struggling to find effective, easy-to-use drugs to treat Covid-19. So, What’s Next? CDC Director Dr. Rochelle...Read More

Patient telehealth visits skyrocketed during the pandemic due to lockdowns and social distancing measures that kept providers and patients apart. Even as the pandemic slows, practicing medicine virtually is here to stay. A recent report titled the ‘COVID-19 Telehealth Impact Study’, conducted by The American Medical Association in collaboration with the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition, found...Read More