Patient-physician web messaging: The impact on message volume and satisfaction

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-57

  Liederman, Eric M ^a,c   Lee, Jerry C ^b   Baquero, Victor H ^c   Seites, Paul G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic mail; Internet; Remote consultation; Telemedicine; Web messaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SATISFACTION; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE; WEB MESSAGING;

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 13944262438     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.40009.x     Document Type: Article

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