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NHS Wales urged to ditch ‘archaic’ fax machines as parliamentarian left ‘shocked’ they’re still in use
A North Wales Member of Senedd calls for the immediate phase-out of fax machines from NHS Wales, expressing shock at their continued use in modern medical practice.
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Get Rid of the Clinic Fax
German scientist advocates for immediate healthcare technology application, aiming to replace traditional clinic fax systems for a more efficient future.
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Germany to miss deadline for full rollout of e-prescriptions
Germany will miss its e-prescription deadline — and doctors fall back on fax until the digital pipeline catches up. Why the slip happened.
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Digital Health: Scalpel, swab, and … fax machine?
Half of German hospitals still send patient data by fax, an Avaya/YouGov study finds — digital health’s quiet, persistent third instrument.
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US healthcare officials request federal relief funds to update antiquated technology, outdated buildings
Dive into the US healthcare officials’ plea for federal relief funds to modernize antiquated technology and infrastructure, including prevalent fax machines.
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Health care clings to faxes as US pushes electronic records
70% of US healthcare providers still exchange patient information by fax, even as federal pressure pushes electronic records. Why the gap persists.
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Post on reddit /r/sysadmin: Fax – Why?
Why does fax still exist? Sysadmins on r/sysadmin give the honest answers — legal weight, audit trails, and the customers who simply will not switch.
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The outdated machine hampering the fight against Covid-19
Austin’s COVID-19 case-tracing backlog had a single culprit: the fax machine. BBC Future on how 1980s tech jammed a 2020 health response.
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Japanese Hospitals File COVID cases by fax
At the pandemic’s peak, Japanese doctors hand-wrote each COVID case report and walked it to a fax machine. The rule that made fax the bottleneck.
