Communicating with your Health Care Provider via E-mail: A Review of Issues and Cautions for Patients By: Peter J. Embi, MD, MS Contents: Conclusion Introduction Using E-mail to Communicate with your Health Care Provider E-mail Advantages To E-mail or Not to E-mail Security & Confidentiality Checklist: What to Consider before using E-mail Conclusion & Links By understanding the risks and discussing all of the issues with your health care provider up front, you should be able to determine whether using E-mail to communicate is appropriate or not and how best to proceed. Links E-mail Basics: Learn the Net: E-mail The Intelligent Patient's Guide to the Internet Guidelines for Clinical Use of Electronic Mail with Patients (written for providers and systems) Instructions for Patients' E-mail correspondence with the Stanford Medical Group Dr. Embi authored this site while a Medical Informatics Fellow at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. Created on November 18, 2001. Last Updated on Saturday, March 4, 2006 © This page contains copyrighted material and may not to be copied or reproduced.

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