Clinical electronic communications: a new paradigm that is here to stay?
The authors discuss the current status of clinical electronic communication, including e-mail and secure Web messaging, among physicians and between physicians and their patients. The paper provides a concise summary of what is known about clinical electronic communications in healthcare: what is working, what the challenges are and what is promising.
Eggert
Corinne
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School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, BC.
Protti
Denis
D
D002170:Canada; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D034742:Electronic Mail; D020407:Internet; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*