Patient Use of Email, Facebook, and Physician Websites to Communicate with Physicians: A National Online Survey of Retail Pharmacy Users

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 45-51

  Lee, Joy L ^a,b   Choudhry, Niteesh K ^a   Wu, Albert W ^b   Matlin, Olga S ^c   Brennan, Troyen A ^c   Shrank, William H ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CVS Caremark   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; health information technology; patient preferences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; SOCIAL MEDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84953370660     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3374-7     Document Type: Article

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