Email consultations in health care: 2--acceptability and safe application.

Understanding the use of email consultation in primary care using a retrospective observational study with data of Dutch electronic health records

OBJECTIVES It is unclear why the use of email consultation is not more widespread in Dutch general practice, particularly because, since 2006, its costs can be reimbursed. To encourage further implementation, it is needed to understand the current use of email consultations. This study aims to understand the use of email consultation by different patient groups, compared with other general prac...

Multimedia Appendix 8. Communication to or between health care providers – overview of mHealth articles

USA [90] 40 SMS; email This pilot and feasibility study compared two-way SMS cell phone messaging wi th e-mail reminders that were directed at encouraging blood glucose (BG) monitoring. Cell phone text messaging to promote BG monitoring is a viable and acceptable option in adolescents and young adults with diabetes. Italy [205] 18 Mail, SMS To describe a store-andforward teleconsultation networ...

Reasons for non-adherence to cardiometabolic medications, and acceptability of an interactive voice response intervention in patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes in primary care: a qualitative study

OBJECTIVES This study explored the reasons for patients' non-adherence to cardiometabolic medications, and tested the acceptability of the interactive voice response (IVR) as a way to address these reasons, and support patients, between primary care consultations. DESIGN, METHOD, PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING The study included face-to-face interviews with 19 patients with hypertension and/or type...

Email consultations in health care: 1--scope and effectiveness.

Opioid use disorder patients’ perceptions of healthcare delivery platforms

OBJECTIVES To assess the acceptability and quality of web-based videoconferencing telemedicine consultation platform in the treatment of opioid use disorder at TrueNorth Medical Centre. METHODS We conducted an interview based quality improvement initiative using an investigator-designed questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of 17 Agree/Disagree questions, measured on a 7-point Likert sca...