RT Book, Section A1 Cucina, Russ A2 Papadakis, Maxine A. A2 McPhee, Stephen J. A2 Rabow, Michael W. A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R. SR Print(0) ID 1193122462 T1 Clinical Uses of Email T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2023 YR 2023 FD 2023 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781264687343 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193122462 RD 2024/03/28 AB Electronic communication can extend and complement direct patient encounters, improve adherence and access to care, and increase patients' involvement in their care. Email 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).