Doctor-patient communication in the e-health era

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Weiner, Jonathan P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E health; E mail; Electronic health records; Health care policy; Health informatics; Health information technology; Information and communication technology; Israel; Mobile health; Physician patient communication; Telephone

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; SOCIAL NETWORK; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84883351459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20454015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-4015-1-33     Document Type: Editorial

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