Vol. 7 No. 21, October 13, 2010

Fact and Stats

Only 6.7% of US physicians e-mail their patients about clinical issues, according to a new study from the Center for Studying Health System Change. For the study, researchers surveyed more than 4,200 office-based physicians in 2008.

Overall, about one-third of office-based physicians reported that information technology (IT) was available in their practice for e-mailing patients about clinical issues. Of those, fewer than one in five reported using e-mail with patients routinely; the remaining physicians were roughly evenly split between occasional users and non-users. Physicians in practices with access to electronic medical records and those working in health maintenance organizations (HMOs) or medical school settings were more likely to adopt and use e-mail to communicate with patients compared with other physicians. However, even among the highest users—physicians in group/staff-model HMOs—only 50.6 percent reported routinely e-mailing patients.

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Source: Physicians Slow to E-mail Routinely with Patients

Date: October, 2010

Around the World

Turkey: Mobile Phone Video Link for On-demand Medical Advice

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Germany: Health Staff Design Their Own Electronic Forms in Mental Health Centre

Portuguese Health Helpline Expands Access to Health Information and Care

News from Canada

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Trends

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Industry Speak

Microsoft joins Continua Health Alliance

Siemens Promotes Breast Cancer Awareness

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Infoway Update

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Worth Noting

eChallenges e-2010 Conference

Accessibility and the Contribution of International Standards

International e-Health Conference

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