Pandora's electronic box: GPs reflect upon email communication with their patients.

Opening Pandora's box: How technologies of communication and cognition may be shifting towards a 'psycho-civilized society'

Visualizing Rhythms of Intimacy in Email Communication

Visualizing Rhythms of Intimacy in Email Communication. (December 2004) Mirko Mandic, B.S., Charleston Southern University Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Andruid Kerne Email has developed into one of the most extensively used computer applications. Email interfaces, on the other hand, have gone through very few transformations since their inception. As the growing volumes of email data accumu...

Use of email in a family practice setting: opportunities and challenges in patient- and physician-initiated communication

BACKGROUND Electronic mail (email) has the potential to improve communication between physicians and patients. METHODS We conducted two research studies in a family practice setting: 1) a brief, anonymous patient survey of a convenience sample to determine the number of clinic patients receptive to communicating with their physician via email, and 2) a randomized, controlled pilot study to as...

Use and Acceptance of Electronic Communication by Patients With Multiple Sclerosis: A Multicenter Questionnaire Study

BACKGROUND The number of multiple sclerosis (MS) information websites, online communities, and Web-based health education programs has been increasing. However, MS patients' willingness to use new ways of communication, such as websites, mobile phone application, short message service, or email with their physician, remains unknown. OBJECTIVES We designed a questionnaire to evaluate the a pri...

The harmful consequences of elevating the doctor-patient relationship to be a primary goal of the general practice consultation.

Received 6 May 2003; Revised 22 September 2003; Accepted 7 January 2004. School of Primary Care, University of Manchester, Rusholme Health Centre, Walmer Street, Manchester M14 5NP, aCentre for Health Services Research, University of Newcastle upon Tyne and bNational Primary Care Research and Development Centre, The University of Manchester, Williamson Building, Manchester, UK; E-mail: cchew@ma...