Resources for more information -- July 2002 -- FP Report

July 2002 • Volume 8 • Number 7

Resources for more information

Learn more from these resources about the medicolegal issues associated with e-mail communication between physicians and patients:

Read "Getting a Lock on Patient Confidentiality With E-mail Encryption" at http://www.aafp.org/ fpm/20001000/37gett.html in the online version of the Oct. 2000 Family Practice Management.
Order "Guidelines for Communication With Patients by E-mail" for $5 from the AAFP online catalog at https://secure.aafp.org/cgi-bin/catalog.pl?uid=cat100987 -- or call (800)944-0000 and ask for item # R711.
Go to http://www.medem.com/corporate/corporate_Addendum_A_eRiskGuidelines.cfm to read the eRisk Working Group on Healthcare's "Guidelines for Online Communications."