The need to have appropriate information sharing system when a patient is referred from one clinician to another, or one health facility to the other has been on the rise. There has been a general concern among medical practitioners that the current systems do not allow for adequate sharing of patients’ information during the hand-offs. For this reason, there has been need to close the loop and allow for a comprehensive sharing of information between the clinicians as a way of understand the conditions of the patient better. Closed-Loop Referrals have become popular as a way of ensuring that health practitioners share patients’ information as appropriate. According to Kelly and Shah (2009), closing the loop, “Implies that clinical information flows easily during a medical referral- the referring clinician is able to let the recipient clinician know the pertinent information about the patient being referred, and the recipient can let the referring clinician know the opinions and recommendations that result from the referral.” This two-way communication design allows the clinicians understand how a patient’s case can be addressed in the most effective manner. Technology has played a pivotal role in making this possible. It is important to note that despite the progress that has been made in closing the gap during referrals, security gaps have emerged, jeopardizing the positive gains that have been made in this field. These security issues have affected communication in various ways, and to varying degrees. There are cases where these loops have had serious negative consequences to information within given systems. In other cases, the gap has exposed patients’ information to third parties, which is against policies in this sector. It is important to understand these security gaps in order to be able to address them appropriately. One of the leading security issues in this system is unauthorized users. When this system is developed to enable clinicians share vital information during patient referrals, there are cases where unauthorized users get access to the system. These unauthorized users may be other hospital workers who are not authorized to use this system. This means that they can pass inappropriate message to other users, which may be misleading. To address this issue, users should have their accounts protected by strong passwords to deter unauthorized persons from using them. Another security issue is the possible eavesdropping by third parties, especially when handling classified customer information. There are cases where third parties get ways through which they can eavesdrop on some important information on patients and share such information with other parties in bad faith (State Health Information Exchange Program, 2012). This security gap may pose serious integrity issue for the health care facility and the practitioners involved. The gap can be controlled by having a secure point of service stations that cannot be accessed easily by third parties. The issue of corrupt data has also affected the initiative to use telecommunication technologies to close the loop during referrals. Corrupt data refers to any piece of information about a patient that is not accurate as authored by the referring