How secure messaging and email benefit patients and improve outcomes
I heard a variation of that quote when interviewing people for the patient-provider communication chapter of the book I’ve been co-editing and writing for HIMSS with Jan Oldenburg, Brad Tritle and Kate Christensen. For the organizations who’ve pushed patient portals the furthest into their patient base, email is always the place where things started. In other words, email is the gateway drug for patient engagement which Leonard Kish called the blockbuster “drug” of the century.Physicians are understandably concerned about being overwhelmed by emails if they provide an option for secure messaging. As healthcare transforms, financial incentives
What the influencers are saying
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Luis Saldana
How secure messaging and email benefit patients and improve outcomes http://t.co/4LfuEQuP via @kevinmd
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Steven Waldren MD
RT @rboates: Contrary to the fear - Patients do not abuse their docs when given secure e-mail communication options. http://t.co/kn7eCKu5
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Bryan Vartabedian
Nice “@chasedave: How secure messaging and email benefit patients and improve outcomes http://t.co/k5jJuxYH #hitsm #hcsm”
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Kevin Pho, M.D.
How secure messaging and email benefit patients and improve outcomes http://t.co/WMNiJk9p
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Berci Meskó, MD, PhD
How secure messaging and email benefit patients and improve outcomes http://t.co/w1IjVQmq
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Vince Kuraitis
RT @rboates: Contrary to the fear - Patients do not abuse their docs when given secure e-mail communication options. http://t.co/kn7eCKu5
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iHealthBeat.org
How secure messaging and email benefit patients and improve outcomes (via @kevinmd) | http://t.co/Wo26OfcR
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