Secure e-mail applications: strengthening connections between adolescents, parents, and health providers.
Although e-mail has become a popular means of communication among consumers, particularly youth, available evidence suggests that current use of this modality to facilitate communication between consumers and their health providers is relatively modest. Historically, structural and legal issues have provided substantial impediments; however, new developments in providing secure and protected mechanisms for transmitting and delivering e-mail messages may pave the way to enhance use and improve communication.
Cohall
Alwyn
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Harlem Health Promotion Center, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 215 West 125th Street, Ground Floor, New York, NY 10027, USA. atc1@columbia.edu
Hutchinson
Carly
C
Nye
Andrea
A
D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D016494:Computer Security / Q000191:economics; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D034742:Electronic Mail / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010290:Parents; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'