American Medical Association and Voltage Security, Inc. -- Real World Solutions

By Stephanie Jordan
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The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s largest physician organization, unites physicians nationwide to work on the most important professional, public health and health policy issues. This week, the AMA announced that Voltage Security, Inc.  will provide secure email communication on the AMA’s new health information platform for physicians.

The AMA platform will enable physicians to assess and meet their clinical and practice needs and will provide physicians access to information, products and services with a single, secure sign-on. According to the companies, the AMA platform will feature Voltage SecureMail, powered by the Voltage SecureMail Network, a SaaS delivery model that makes Voltage accessible to anyone with an Internet browser.

“Online privacy and security are of utmost importance to physicians and patients,” says AMA Board Member Joseph M. Heyman, M.D. Voltage SecureMail will encrypt and protect email communications sent between physicians, patients and the medical community. Voltage secure email helps members of the medical community meet federal and state healthcare privacy regulations such as HIPAA and HITECH.

“Email is increasingly becoming the acceptable form of communication between physicians and patients and there is nothing more important than protecting private, personal medical information as it is electronically shared,” believes Sathvik Krishnamurthy, president and CEO of Voltage Security.

The platform, which will launch nationwide later this year, is currently being beta tested in Michigan in collaboration with the Michigan State Medical Society.

Published June 10, 2010