TITLE

Patients, physicians support e-mail communication

PUB. DATE
November 1999
SOURCE
Family Practice Management;Nov/Dec1999, Vol. 6 Issue 10, p18
SOURCE TYPE
Academic Journal
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Reveals the percentage of patients at the University of Michigan Health System at Ann Arbor who would like to communicate with their health care providers via electronic mail.
ACCESSION #
2556043

Tags: COMMUNICATION in medicine;  E-mail

 

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