Opportunities to enhance patient and physician e-mail contact

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-9

  Hobbs, John ^a,b   Wald, Jonathan ^c   Jagannath, Yamini S ^b   Kittler, Anne ^b   Pizziferri, Lisa ^b   Volk, Lynn A ^b   Middleton, Blackford ^a,c   Bates, David W ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Ptnrs Info Syst Dept Clin/Q   (United States)

^c Clin Info Research and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

E mail; Patient care; Physician

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MAIL; MEDICAL COMPUTING; SURVEYS;

PRE-SCREENING;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0037391053     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(03)00007-8     Document Type: Article

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