PURPOSE The patient-physician relationship is the cornerstone of health care service delivery.
The objectives of this study were to assess the contribution of relationship commitment …

* OBJECTIVE Many health care providers and patients are exploring the feasibility of using
Email to address a variety of medical issues. We wanted to determine the proportion of our …

Objective To compare diagnostic accuracy between primary care E-Visit and face-to-face (F2F)
encounters for low-acuity illnesses. Patients and Methods This cross-sectional …

Use of information technology in diabetes management has been shown to improve self-care.
We determined whether enhancing type 2 diabetes (T2DM) self-care with a personal …

OBJECTIVES:: The objectives of this study were to assess patients’ willingness to use e-mail
to obtain specific test results, assess their expectations regarding response times, and …

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The purpose of ordering an imaging test for headache, which
is one of the most common reasons for patient consultation with a primary care physician (…

BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer screening guidelines were created to help healthcare
professionals in appropriate screening utilizing the PAP test. However, significant variation in …

In the past decade there has been a dramatic increase in the number of Americans considered
obese. Over this same period, the number of individuals diagnosed with diabetes has …

BACKGROUND Inadequate access to their primary care physician remains a major reason
for patient dissatisfaction in ambulatory care. The concept of open-access appointment …

* BACKGROUND In recent years much has been written about the overuse of antibiotics,
especially for common respiratory illnesses. One approach to this issue is the use of a back-up …