Patients want to be able to communicate with their physicians by e-mail. However,
physicians are often concerned about the impact that such communications will have on …

Background: Secure messaging with health care providers offers the promise of improved
patient-provider relationships, potentially facilitating outcome improvements. But, will …

Background Emails securely exchanged between patients and clinicians offer the promise of
improved access to care and indirectly improved health outcomes. Yet research to date is …

Patients increasingly want electronic access to providers, but physicians have been slow to
offer e-access, fearing they will be overwhelmed by unreimbursed patient messages. This …

Abstract The Institute of Medicine called for healthcare organizations to provide care
whenever needed, using the Internet as appropriate. Few organizations currently offer …

Introduction: Secure messages and electronic visits (“e-visits”) through patient portals
provide patients with alternatives to face-to-face appointments, telephone contact, letters …

Background Patient-clinician secure messaging is an important function in patient portals
and enables patients and clinicians to communicate on a wide spectrum of issues in a timely …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Most patients would like to be able to exchange electronic
messages with personal physicians. Few patients and providers are exchanging electronic …

Patients are interested in secure electronic communication with their health-care providers,
but physicians have been slow to adopt the technique into their practice. We have therefore …

Background The number of electronic messages securely exchanged between clinic staff
and patients has risen dramatically over the last decade. A variety of studies explored …