title: Guidelines for electronic physician-patient communications.
abstract: Organizations considering the use of electronic doctor-patient messaging will want to establish guidelines for using the system, and could benefit from a review of the considerations and decisions other provider organizations have made in this regard.
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000592:standards*; D016494:Computer Security; D003219:Confidentiality; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface