--- title: The iShare Medical Blog | Direct Secure Messaging description: Direct Secure Messaging | 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) ### 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