Emerge.MD releases OnePass app

PHOENIX, USA: Telehealth provider Emerge.MD has announced the release of OnePass, a secure messaging application that enables instant access to a clinician's directory of care teams across all systems via private cloud.

Unlike other apps that focus only on provider messaging, the OnePass app enables the entire virtual care continuum, starting with secure messaging and scaling up to real-time audio, video and contextual data sharing. The result is a much simpler way for multi-disciplinary clinical teams to collaborate and respond quickly to patient needs.

Shahram Partovi, founder of Emerge.MD, said: "This year Emerge.MD delivered just what the doctor ordered: a simple mobile app for secure messaging that's connected to an enterprise-grade cloud platform. This application is especially important because of new CMS rules and fines related to insecure messaging."

OnePass was designed to complement Emerge.MD's existing suite of virtual care collaboration tools that make it easy to provide specialty services anytime, anywhere and on any device.

Joan Robley, director of Medical Staff Services at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, said: "We have been using Emerge.MD's Consult Accelerator for the past year and now we are using OnePass to further simplify communication between our practitioners by allowing them instant access to each other on their mobile devices without revealing their confidential contact numbers."

The OnePass app includes medical-grade security features to meet HIPAA and HITECH compliance requirements, such as message expiration and remote wipe, 256-bit encryption at rest and in transit, and a secure pin to protect against lost devices.

The OnePass mobile app is available for download from the Apple App Store now. An Android version will be announced in the near future.