Use of email in a family practice setting: Opportunities and challenges in patient- and physician-intiated communication

BMC Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Virji, Ayaz ^a   Yarnall, Kimberly S H ^b   Krause, Katrina M ^b   Pollak, Kathryn I ^b   Scannell, Margaret A ^c   Gradison, Margaret ^b   Øtbye, Truls ^b  

^a 6 Step Weight Loss Center ^*  (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Johnston Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ELECTRONIC MAIL; FAMILY PRACTICE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 33748616833     PISSN: 17417015     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-4-18     Document Type: Article

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