RT Book, Section A1 Cucina, Russ A2 Papadakis, Maxine A. A2 McPhee, Stephen J. A2 Rabow, Michael W. SR Print(0) ID 1175378788 T1 Clinical Uses of E-Mail T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2021 YR 2021 FD 2021 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781260469868 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175378788 RD 2023/02/02 AB Electronic communication can extend and complement direct patient encounters, improve adherence and access to care, and increase patients' involvement in their care. E-mail is well-suited for communicating administrative information, medication instructions, patient education, routine laboratory results, and appointment reminders. It can augment home monitoring of treatment plans, such as diabetes care or smoking cessation. Clinicians can make announcements to an entire patient population about vacation coverage, influenza vaccination, changes in referral procedures, withdrawal of medications from the market, and other topics (Table e3–1).