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E-mail Communication with Patients in the Wake of the HIPAA Final Security Rule

Over the last decade, the popularity of e-mail communication between doctors and patients has risen steadily. The asynchronous nature of e-mail provides convenience and more effective use of time for both parties; patients can make appointments or get prescriptions. Physicians and their staffs can provide lab results or patient follow up more efficiently. E-mail also provides an electronic "paper trail" of such transactions that can be maintained in the patient's medical record. The Health Insurance Portability and Acc...

Dennis A. Schmidt

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