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Practical Risk Management Considerations for Clinical E‐mail in Ambulatory Care by Michael G. Lloyd is a Health Professions article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Practical Risk Management Considerations for Clinical E‐mail in Ambulatory Care about?
In 1997 an estimated 50 million people worldwide used e-mail and the number is expected to increase to 125 million in 2001.' Half of all Internet users looking up healthcare information would like to communicate with their physicians via e-mail, 25% were willing to pay for online access to their physician, and 20% were willing to switch health plans to gain such access.l This author predicts that within the next few years, all clinicians will be routinely using e-mail as a communications tool in patient care. In ten years or less, clinicians will wonder how they ever got along w ithout e-mail. For ambulatory care clinicians, the main questions still unanswered are how user-friendly the process will be and whether reimbursement will be available for providing services via e-mail. E-mail has the same potential to revolutionize communication in patient care as did the telephone. And like the early days of the telephone, clinical e-mail raises similar concerns over accessibility, privacy, volume of contacts,
Who reads Practical Risk Management Considerations for Clinical E‐mail in Ambulatory Care?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Health Professions.
- Author
- Michael G. Lloyd
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley (ISSN 1074-4797)
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Health Professions (Health Sciences)