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24 days in the dark: a Medicaid fax that never arrived
An Indiana woman went 24 days without her Medicaid caregiver after her eligibility fax never arrived in Indianapolis. The system had no backup.
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Why American doctors still fax
The HIPAA carve-out, CMS submission workflows, EHR interoperability gap, and audit-trail argument behind why US doctors kept the fax machine at the intake desk.
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J&J Faxed a Florida Pharmacy About Xarelto. The Third Circuit Just Called It Junk Mail.
Johnson & Johnson faxed a two-page Xarelto pitch to a Florida pharmacy. A precedential Third Circuit opinion just held it counts as an unsolicited ad.
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One of America’s Biggest Insurers Just Made Fax the Fallback for ABA Prior Auth
HCSC, the Blue Cross licensee covering 27M members, moved ABA prior auth onto a live phone call in April 2026. Fax stayed on as the compliant fallback.
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Cancelled Federal ‘Axe the Fax’ Program Gets New Life in Quebec
Canada spent nearly a decade and hundreds of millions trying to replace fax in prescriptions. The federal program was cancelled. Quebec is now reviving it provincially, without the fees.
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USB sticks in taxis: Austria’s hasty fax ban leaves patients waiting
When Austria banned faxes in healthcare, chaos ensued with couriers carrying USBs and CDs, even by ambulance!
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Still Faxed Up: Australia’s Healthcare Communication Conundrum
Australia’s medical system humorously clings to fax machines: an outdated practice in an age of digital communication.
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Why fax still matters in healthcare
Why fax still matters in healthcare, especially for small clinics that cannot afford a full electronic records system.
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The Missing Fax Mystery in Calgary Healthcare
Hhow Calgary’s healthcare faced a tech hiccup with lost fax referrals, highlighting the tricky transition from old to new systems.
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When There’s No Free Lunch, But There’s a Free Dinner Fax
The Seventh Circuit ruled that even a ‘free dinner’ invite by fax can count as an advertisement under TCPA. The unusual case and what changed.
