Email Updates
Review
Email for communicating results of diagnostic medical investigations to patients.
October 10, 2012
Meyer B, Atherton H, Sawmynaden P, et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2012.
Although direct communication of results to patients via email has been proposed as a strategy to prevent failure to follow up on test results, this systematic review did not find any controlled studies evaluating the effectiveness of this approach.
