 |
|
Digital Doctoring—Opportunities and Challenges in Electronic Patient-Physician Communication
Tom Ferguson, MD
JAMA. 1998;280:1361-1362.
|
|
| Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings. |
|
|
|
The Internet is an increasingly popular medical information resource for consumers. A 1997 survey indicated that 43% of the estimated 40.6 million US adults aged 18 years and older who had accessed the Internet within the previous 12 months used it to obtain health or medical information.1 At least 10000 health and medical sites are on the World Wide Web,2 and are maintained by entities ranging from academic medical centers and professional organizations to individuals, and vary widely in quality.3 Thousands of other online self-help and support groups, electronic bulletin boards, and mailing lists also are available, covering topics ranging from acne to yeast infections.4-5 Fridsma et al6 have suggested that many patients who go online are increasingly interested in exchanging e-mail with their physicians. In a 1996 survey, Brown7 found that patients ranked "information from my own doctor's office" as the type of online health information . . . [Full Text of this Article]
From the Center for Clinical Computing, Boston, Mass, and the Department of Health Informatics, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston. Dr Ferguson is a consultant for a number of on-line health information companies.
 CiteULike  Connotea  Del.icio.us  Digg  Reddit  Technorati  Twitter
What's this?
RELATED ARTICLES
The Origin, Content, and Workload of E-mail Consultations
Stephen M. Borowitz and Jeremy C. Wyatt
JAMA. 1998;280(15):1321-1324.
ABSTRACT
| FULL TEXT
Responses to Unsolicited Patient E-mail Requests for Medical Advice on the World Wide Web
Gunther Eysenbach and Thomas L. Diepgen
JAMA. 1998;280(15):1333-1335.
ABSTRACT
| FULL TEXT
On Call and Online: Sociohistorical, Legal, and Ethical Implications of E-mail for the Patient-Physician Relationship
Alissa R. Spielberg
JAMA. 1998;280(15):1353-1359.
ABSTRACT
| FULL TEXT
Building Your Own: A Physician's Guide to Creating a Web Site
Richard Peters and Robert Sikorski
JAMA. 1998;280(15):1365-1366.
EXTRACT
| FULL TEXT
THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES
|
Web Relationships Between Physicians and Individuals Seeking Information on Hepatopancreatobiliary Diseases
Grazi
Arch Surg 2006;141:1176-1182.
ABSTRACT
| FULL TEXT
Virtual surveillance of communicable diseases: a 20-year experience in France
Flahault et al.
Stat Methods Med Res 2006;15:413-421.
ABSTRACT
Use of e-Health Services between 1999 and 2002: A Growing Digital Divide
Hsu et al.
J. Am. Med. Inform. Assoc. 2005;12:164-171.
ABSTRACT
| FULL TEXT
Patient Experiences and Attitudes about Access to a Patient Electronic Health Care Record and Linked Web Messaging
Hassol et al.
J. Am. Med. Inform. Assoc. 2004;11:505-513.
ABSTRACT
| FULL TEXT
"You've Got Mail": Issues in Communicating With Patients and Their Families by E-Mail
Bauchner et al.
Pediatrics 2002;109:954-956.
FULL TEXT
Physician-Patient Communication: A Lost Art?
Frymoyer and Frymoyer
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2002;10:95-105.
ABSTRACT
| FULL TEXT
Information technology-improving medicine
Bauchner
Arch. Dis. Child. 2002;86:223-223.
FULL TEXT
Improving the Quality of Medical Care: Building Bridges Among Professional Pride, Payer Profit, and Patient Satisfaction
Grol
JAMA 2001;286:2578-2585.
ABSTRACT
| FULL TEXT
Public standards and patients' control: how to keep electronic medical records accessible but private Commentary: Open approaches to electronic patient records Commentary: A patient's viewpoint
Mandl et al.
BMJ 2001;322:283-287.
FULL TEXT
Measuring the Benefit of Performance Improvement and Decision Support
Rosenstein
American Journal of Medical Quality 1999;14:262-269.
ABSTRACT
|
