--- title: The iShare Medical Blog description: iShare Medical® is your connection to Healthcare Interoperability, Secure Direct Messaging, HISP Services, Electronic Health Information Exchange, Directory of Provider Direct Addresses, Event Notifications, Integration of Clinical Data to the Provider at the Point of Care inside the EHR, and HIPAA-Compliant Email. --- [![iShareLogo-CircR-NoBG-150px\[1\]](https://blog.isharemedical.com/hs-fs/hubfs/iShareLogo-CircR-NoBG-150px%5B1%5D.png?width=331&height=150&name=iShareLogo-CircR-NoBG-150px%5B1%5D.png "iShareLogo-CircR-NoBG-150px[1]")](http://isharemedical.com) - [Products](https://www.isharemedical.com/healthcare-providers/) - [iShare Medical Messaging](https://www.isharemedical.com/direct-messaging/) - [iShare Medical Directory](https://www.isharemedical.com/find-direct-addresses/) - [HISP](https://www.isharemedical.com/healthcare-providers/hisp/) - [iShare Medical](https://www.isharemedical.com/ishare-medical-referrals/) - [Use Cases](https://www.isharemedical.com/ishare-medical-referrals/) - [Medical Practices](https://www.isharemedical.com/use-cases-medical-practice/) - [Pharmacy Benefit Managers](https://www.isharemedical.com/use-cases-pbm/) - [News](https://www.isharemedical.com/ishare-medical-news/) - [Blog](https://blog.isharemedical.com) - [Webinars](https://resources.isharemedical.com/webinars) - [Contact](https://www.isharemedical.com/contact-us/) - [Book a Demo](https://meetings.hubspot.com/l-vanhorn?__hstc=46673016.9f2c7c3a9aa27af5f16998d2a9a3b8b0.1597855923993.1597855923993.1597855923993.1&__hssc=46673016.18.1597855923993&__hsfp=1785651830) Menu       - [Products](https://www.isharemedical.com/healthcare-providers/) - [iShare Medical Messaging](https://www.isharemedical.com/direct-messaging/) - [iShare Medical Directory](https://www.isharemedical.com/find-direct-addresses/) - [HISP](https://www.isharemedical.com/healthcare-providers/hisp/) - [iShare Medical](https://www.isharemedical.com/ishare-medical-referrals/) - [Use Cases](https://www.isharemedical.com/ishare-medical-referrals/) - [Medical Practices](https://www.isharemedical.com/use-cases-medical-practice/) - [Pharmacy Benefit Managers](https://www.isharemedical.com/use-cases-pbm/) - [News](https://www.isharemedical.com/ishare-medical-news/) - [Blog](https://blog.isharemedical.com) - [Webinars](https://resources.isharemedical.com/webinars) - [Contact](https://www.isharemedical.com/contact-us/) - [Book a Demo](https://meetings.hubspot.com/l-vanhorn?__hstc=46673016.9f2c7c3a9aa27af5f16998d2a9a3b8b0.1597855923993.1597855923993.1597855923993.1&__hssc=46673016.18.1597855923993&__hsfp=1785651830) # iShare Medical® Blog iShare Medical® is your connection to Healthcare Interoperability, Direct Protocol, HISP Services, Direct Messaging, Electronic Health Information Exchange and HIPAA-Compliant Email. [![](https://blog.isharemedical.com/hubfs/custom-video-thumbnails/Screen%20Shot%202021-05-10%20at%203.26.17%20PM.png)](https://blog.isharemedical.com/whats_crud_and_direct_messaging_got_to_do_with_streamling_workflow_everything) ## [What's CRUD and Direct Secure Messaging got to do with streamlining workflow? Everything](https://blog.isharemedical.com/whats_crud_and_direct_messaging_got_to_do_with_streamling_workflow_everything) **CRUD**   CRUD is an acronym used in IT that stands for Create, Read, Update, and Delete. These functions are the essential functions that are necessary to create and maintain data in a database or data management system such as in EHR.  In this post we discuss how patient data is kept updated in near real-time by using Direct Secure Messaging and CRU operations to create, read, and update Medical Records in an EHR system regardless of care setting, provider, or EHR system (see the next paragraph for a discussion of Delete). [Read More](https://blog.isharemedical.com/whats_crud_and_direct_messaging_got_to_do_with_streamling_workflow_everything) Dec 9, 2024 / [Interoperability](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/interoperability), [Medical Records](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/medical-records), [Healthcare](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/healthcare), [Direct Secure Messaging](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/direct-secure-messaging), [DirectTrust](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/directtrust), [EHR Data Integration](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/ehr-data-integration), [CRUD](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/crud), [Trigger Events](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/trigger-events), [Real-time Updates](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/real-time-updates) [![](https://blog.isharemedical.com/hubfs/Harris%20County%20Texas.png)](https://blog.isharemedical.com/seeing_double_the_truth_about_patient_identity_and_matching-0-0-0) ## [Seeing Double or more? The Truth About Patient Identity and Matching](https://blog.isharemedical.com/seeing_double_the_truth_about_patient_identity_and_matching-0-0-0) Walk into any doctor’s office, hospital, or pharmacy and the first question you are most likely asked is some version of, “What is your name and date of birth?”   This is because patient matching in the U.S. healthcare system is done based on the patient’s name and date of birth. The problem is that there are many people who have the same name and date of birth. The larger the geographical area, the more common the name, the more likely that there will be two or more matches on the same name and date of birth. [Read More](https://blog.isharemedical.com/seeing_double_the_truth_about_patient_identity_and_matching-0-0-0) Nov 1, 2023 / [Interoperability](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/interoperability), [Healthcare](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/healthcare), [Direct Secure Messaging](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/direct-secure-messaging), [DirectTrust](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/directtrust), [Patient Identity](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/patient-identity), [Patient Matching](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/patient-matching), [Federated Identity](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/federated-identity) [![](https://blog.isharemedical.com/hubfs/pki-2.png)](https://blog.isharemedical.com/safeguarding_healthcare_data_the_essential_role_of_pki-0-0-0) ## [Safeguarding Healthcare Data: The Essential Role of PKI](https://blog.isharemedical.com/safeguarding_healthcare_data_the_essential_role_of_pki-0-0-0) Sight unseen behind the scenes PKI plays an essential role in safeguarding medical information through advanced authentication and encryption methods. **What is PKI?**   PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) is a security and identity framework that uses digital keys and certificates for digital identity, authentication, authorization, encryption, access, and digital signatures to help ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity of health information. [Read More](https://blog.isharemedical.com/safeguarding_healthcare_data_the_essential_role_of_pki-0-0-0) Oct 5, 2023 / [Interoperability](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/interoperability), [Privacy and Security](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/privacy-and-security), [Healthcare](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/healthcare), [cryptography](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/cryptography), [IOT](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/iot), [public key infrastructure](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/public-key-infrastructure), [PKI](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/pki), [Direct Secure Messaging](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/direct-secure-messaging), [DirectTrust](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/directtrust) [![](https://blog.isharemedical.com/hubfs/quantum%20computing-3.jpg)](https://blog.isharemedical.com/post-quantum_cryptography_securing_the_digital_future-0-0-0) ## [Post-Quantum Cryptography: Securing the Digital Future](https://blog.isharemedical.com/post-quantum_cryptography_securing_the_digital_future-0-0-0) In recent years, the world of computing has been buzzing with the promise and potential of quantum computers. These machines, harnessing the strange and powerful principles of quantum mechanics, have the potential to quickly solve complex problems that are currently beyond the capabilities of classical computers.   [Read More](https://blog.isharemedical.com/post-quantum_cryptography_securing_the_digital_future-0-0-0) Sep 17, 2023 / [Interoperability](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/interoperability), [cryptography](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/cryptography), [quantum computing](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/quantum-computing), [trained neural network](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/trained-neural-network) ## [Why is Healthcare all abuzz about API's?](https://blog.isharemedical.com/why_is_healthcare_all_abuzz_about_api_1-0-0)     It seems like every time you turn around, there's another buzzword in healthcare. So, let's start by demystifying the latest API. An API or application program interface is a service that listens for requests to perform a task and then instantly springs into action upon request.   [Read More](https://blog.isharemedical.com/why_is_healthcare_all_abuzz_about_api_1-0-0) May 15, 2023 / [API](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/api), [Inteoperability](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/inteoperability), [Healthcare](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/healthcare) [![](https://blog.isharemedical.com/hubfs/Capture.jpg)](https://blog.isharemedical.com/behind_the_cloud_decoding_data_center_tiers) ## [Behind the Cloud: Decoding Data Center Tiers](https://blog.isharemedical.com/behind_the_cloud_decoding_data_center_tiers) Data centers are classified into four tiers under the Uptime Institute’s data center classification system. The Uptime Institute is a professional organization devoted to improving the performance, efficiency, and reliability of business-critical data center infrastructure. Each tier represents a different level of fault tolerance. [Read More](https://blog.isharemedical.com/behind_the_cloud_decoding_data_center_tiers) May 13, 2023 / [Cloud](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/cloud), [Data Center Tiers](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/data-center-tiers), [Tier III](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/tier-iii) [![](https://blog.isharemedical.com/hubfs/Structured%20vs%20Unstructured%20Data.jpg)](https://blog.isharemedical.com/unlocking_the_potential_healthcare_structured_unstructured_data-0-0) ## [Unlocking the Potential of Healthcare Data: A Comparative Analysis of Structured and Unstructured Data in Clinical Practice](https://blog.isharemedical.com/unlocking_the_potential_healthcare_structured_unstructured_data-0-0) Structured data conforms to predefined standards such as the definition of the data, format, size, and allowed content making it easily searchable and analyzable. Often this content is tied to a predefined standard that lists a code, its description, and often an accessible set of values. For example, the abbreviation for states in the United States are structured data because they are pre-defined to contain two alpha characters or letters such as MO for Missouri and MS for Mississippi. [Read More](https://blog.isharemedical.com/unlocking_the_potential_healthcare_structured_unstructured_data-0-0) May 8, 2023 / [Interoperability](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/interoperability), [Medical Records](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/medical-records), [Structured Data](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/structured-data), [unstructured data](https://blog.isharemedical.com/tag/unstructured-data) [![](https://blog.isharemedical.com/hubfs/DirectTrust%204%20Billion%20Direct%20Messages.jpg)](https://blog.isharemedical.com/directtrust_hits_4_billion_direct_message_transactions) ## [DirectTrust Hits 4 Billion Direct Message Transactions](https://blog.isharemedical.com/directtrust_hits_4_billion_direct_message_transactions) The DirectTrust Network just achieved a major milestone in the first quarter of 2023 of four billion Direct Messages transactions. The number of Direct Message transactions in the first quarter of 2023 was more than 222 million Direct Message transactions! [Read More](https://blog.isharemedical.com/directtrust_hits_4_billion_direct_message_transactions) May 4, 2023 / [![](https://blog.isharemedical.com/hubfs/two%20doctos%20with%20tablets.jpg)](https://blog.isharemedical.com/what_is_a_direct_address_and_direct_messaging_account) ## [What is a Direct Address and Direct Standard Messaging Account?](https://blog.isharemedical.com/what_is_a_direct_address_and_direct_messaging_account) A Direct Address is an electronic endpoint for sharing medical records nationwide. It looks like and acts like an email address, but this is no email system. A Direct Address bound to the real ID-proofed identity of the owner which can be a patient, provider, payer, or device. [Read More](https://blog.isharemedical.com/what_is_a_direct_address_and_direct_messaging_account) May 1, 2023 / [![CRUD](https://blog.isharemedical.com/hubfs/CRUD%20Blocks.jpg)](https://blog.isharemedical.com/ishare-medical-what-crud-got-to-do-streamlining-workflow) ## [Whats CRUD got to do with streamlining workflow? Everything](https://blog.isharemedical.com/ishare-medical-what-crud-got-to-do-streamlining-workflow) CRUD is an acronym used in IT that stands for Create, Read, Update, and Delete. These functions are the essential operations that are necessary to create and maintain up-to-date information in a database. They can have different command names depending upon the programming language, context, and data source being accessed. Here are the list functions, description of what operations they perform, and common names for various programming language commands:  [Read More](https://blog.isharemedical.com/ishare-medical-what-crud-got-to-do-streamlining-workflow) Apr 27, 2023 / [Next](https://blog.isharemedical.com/page/2) ### About iShare Medical iShare Medical is the trusted online platform for securing, sending, and sharing medical information among patients, providers, and payers. ### Quick Links - [Direct Secure Messaging for Healthcare](https://www.isharemedical.com/direct-messaging/) - [Physician Direct Address Directory](https://www.isharemedical.com/find-direct-addresses/) - [HISP](https://www.isharemedical.com/healthcare-providers/hisp/) - [Demo](https://meetings.hubspot.com/l-vanhorn?__hstc=46673016.9f2c7c3a9aa27af5f16998d2a9a3b8b0.1597855923993.1597861041533.1597866126391.3&__hssc=46673016.5.1597866126391&__hsfp=1785651830) - [Contact](https://www.isharemedical.com/contact-us/) ### Accreditations ![](https://www.isharemedical.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ishare_addcreditation.png) [Terms, Conditions and Privacy Statement](https://blog.isharemedical.com/terms-conditions-privacy-statement/) | © iShare Medical® 2025 ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "VideoObject", "contentUrl" : "https://4396828.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/4396828/Why%20is%20healthcare%20all%20abuzz%20about%20APIs_.mp4", "dateModified" : "2022-06-01T12:19:01.260Z", "description" : "", "duration" : "PT1M49.621S", "height" : 720, "name" : "Why is healthcare all abuzz about APIs_", "thumbnailUrl" : "https://api-na1.hubapi.com/filemanager/api/v3/files/thumbnail-redirect/46714362241?portalId=4396828&size=medium", "uploadDate" : "2021-05-07T21:15:49.527Z", "width" : 1280 } ```