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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 83:615 (2001)
© 2001 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

The Orthopaedic Forum

E-mail in Clinical Orthopaedic Practice

Pedro K. Beredjiklian, MD, David J. Bozentka, MD and Joseph Bernstein, MD, MS

Electronic mail (e-mail), like letters, faxes, and telephone calls, is becoming a commonly used surrogate for in-person contact between physicians and patients. E-mail is not new, but only in recent years has the technology been easily accessible to the general public. The growth of the Internet and the availability of low-cost or free Web-based electronic mailboxes have taken e-mail out of the realm of university and governmental researchers and placed it in a majority of American households. It is projected that there will be a total of one billion accounts worldwide by the year 20021. Because of the ubiquitous nature of this medium, e-mail is becoming a common means of communication between doctors and patients.

Perhaps because of the sudden growth of e-mail use, there are few articles in the literature discussing e-mail as a form of communication in the practice of medicine. While some guidelines have been suggested . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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