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Doctor-patient communication in the e-health era

Overview of attention for article published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, August 2012
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Title
Doctor-patient communication in the e-health era
Published in
Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, August 2012
DOI 10.1186/2045-4015-1-33
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Jonathan P Weiner

Abstract

The digital revolution will have a profound impact on how physicians and health care delivery organizations interact with patients and the community at-large. Over the coming decades, face-to-face patient/doctor contacts will become less common and exchanges between consumers and providers will increasingly be mediated by electronic devices.In highly developed health care systems like those in Israel, the United States, and Europe, most aspects of the health care and consumer health experience are becoming supported by a wide array of technology such as electronic and personal health records (EHRs and PHRs), biometric & telemedicine devices, and consumer-focused wireless and wired Internet applications.In an article in this issue, Peleg and Nazarenko report on a survey they fielded within Israel's largest integrated delivery system regarding patient views on the use of electronic communication with their doctors via direct-access mobile phones and e-mail. A previous complementary paper describes the parallel perspectives of the physician staff at the same organization. These two surveys offer useful insights to clinicians, managers, researchers, and policymakers on how best to integrate e-mail and direct-to-doctor mobile phones into their practice settings. These papers, along with several other recent Israeli studies on e-health, also provide an opportunity to step back and take stock of the dramatic impact that information & communication technology (ICT) and health information technology (HIT) will have on clinician/patient communication moving forward.The main goals of this commentary are to describe the scope of this issue and to offer a framework for understanding the potential impact that e-health tools will have on provider/patient communication. It will be essential that clinicians, managers, policymakers, and researchers gain an increased understanding of this trend so that health care systems around the globe can adapt, adopt, and embrace these rapidly evolving digital technologies.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 4 1%
United States 3 1%
Indonesia 2 <1%
Argentina 2 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
Ireland 1 <1%
Israel 1 <1%
Bangladesh 1 <1%
Other 2 <1%
Unknown 272 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 59 20%
Researcher 37 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 33 11%
Student > Bachelor 33 11%
Student > Postgraduate 20 7%
Other 60 21%
Unknown 48 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 70 24%
Social Sciences 44 15%
Computer Science 35 12%
Business, Management and Accounting 17 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 16 6%
Other 50 17%
Unknown 58 20%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 30. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 October 2017.
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#1,285,849
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Outputs from Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
#23
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#7,269
of 177,200 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
#1
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