Digital communication improves care, but payment still elusive

A new qualitative study from Weill Cornell Medical Center, published in Health Affairs, suggests that physician-patient communication by email or a secure patient portal offers significantly more advantages than disadvantages. However, the study authors speculate adoption of electronic communication is stymied by the lack of reimbursement under a fee-for-service model. “We identified a number of [...]
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