Capsule Commentary on Lee et al., Patient use of Email, Facebook, and Physicians' Websites to Communicate with Physicians: A National Online Survey of Retail Pharmacy Users

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¹ Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology and Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA. yackelt@ohsu.edu.

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Thomas R Yackel. J Gen Intern Med. 2016 Jan.

. 2016 Jan;31(1):102.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-015-3421-4.

¹ Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology and Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA. yackelt@ohsu.edu.

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Patient Use of Email, Facebook, and Physician Websites to Communicate with Physicians: A National Online Survey of Retail Pharmacy Users.
Lee JL, Choudhry NK, Wu AW, Matlin OS, Brennan TA, Shrank WH. Lee JL, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2016 Jan;31(1):45-51. doi: 10.1007/s11606-015-3374-7. J Gen Intern Med. 2016. PMID: 26105675 Free PMC article.

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