EHR Decisions: Sending Electronic Records to Other Facilities

For site to site data transmissions (your practice to a diagnostic center, your practice to a hospital), set up a virtual private network, or VPN.  A VPN connects two locations and uses the internet for data transmission, but encrypts the connection forming the virtual network.  Typically, when your clinicians access hospital records, they log on to a secure hospital website (https) which encrypts the session and protects the data that is being transferred or viewed.