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Definition of 'Electronic Mail'

Messages between computer users via COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS. This feature duplicates most of the features of paper mail, such as forwarding, multiple copies, and attachments of images and other file types, but with a speed advantage. The term also refers to an individual message sent in this way.

Common names: Electronic Mail; Mail, Electronic; E-Mail; E Mail; E-Mails; Email; Emails

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Can e-mail messages between patients and physicians be patient-centered?

30 Apr 2008 This study explores the extent to which e-mail messages between patients and physicians mimic the communication dynamics of traditional medical dialogue and its fulfillment of communication functions. Eight volunteers... Read more...


Online participation: a content analysis of differences in utilization of two online cancer communities by men and women, patients and family members.

30 Apr 2008 The Internet provides a new modality for health communication by facilitating the creation of virtual communities. These communities have the potential to influence health behavior beyond traditional FTF support groups.... Read more...


Is e-mail communication effective in changing ordering patterns in the emergency department? A case study of computed tomography for pulmonary embolus.

Apr 2008 RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: We sought to evaluate the effectiveness of e-mail communication to reduce the utilization of computed tomography for pulmonary thromboembolism (PE) in young patients (aged 40 and under) in our... Read more...

  

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Definition: Messages between computer users via COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS. This feature duplicates most of the features of paper mail, such as forwarding, multiple copies, and attachments of images and other file types, but with a speed advantage. The term also refers to an individual message sent in this way.

Descriptor UI: D034742

Alternative terms: Electronic Mail; Mail, Electronic; E-Mail; E Mail; E-Mails; Email; Emails;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; instrumentation; organization & administration;

Tree Number: L01.143.506.423.906.377.333; L01.178.847.249;

History Note: 2003; use COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 1996-2002; use OFFICE AUTOMATION 1987-1995

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