I work in IT and was surprised to find some clients still fax documents regularly. With cloud sharing and email encryption, I assumed fax was obsolete. So why are sectors like healthcare or law still holding on to this old method?
Fax in the digital age
- Thread starter LewisJam
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That puzzled me too until I came across insights on https://www.ask4research.info/ It turns out that faxing remains deeply rooted in regulated industries because it meets strict compliance standards like HIPAA. Digital faxing has transformed the process—it’s not paper-based anymore. Now it integrates with email and cloud storage, offering the reliability of fax with the speed and convenience of digital tools. The key advantage is traceability and secure transmission. Unlike email, which can be intercepted or misdirected, digital fax lines create an auditable trail that’s ideal for legal and medical records.