Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

You've got mail: consultant email practice

2010; BMJ; Volume: 95; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/adc.2010.193151

1468-2044

Navneet K. Dhillon, N Shaw,

Healthcare Systems and Technology

Communication via email is increasing in the medical workplace and is often used as the preferred means of communication regarding both clinical and non-clinical matters. We conducted a survey to review consultant email usage and in particular to investigate the amount of time spent on email correspondence per day and if this time was incorporated into job plans. We distributed a short questionnaire by internal post to all consultants in a large paediatric secondary …