E-mail contact between patients and doctors in primary health care

Abstract

Objectives. With the purpose of facilitating contact between patients and the doctors at the clinic a system for e-mail contact was developed. A system for evaluation is integrated in the software. Method. Dialogue between the authors and Dansk Telemedicin A/S, a firm specialized in web-based telemedicine. Results. A system called E-lægen, which means E-doctor, consisting of a number of sequential web pages accessed through the Internet.

Key Words:

• E-mail-communication
• User-interface
• Primary Health Care