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> Fax, Phone or Letter That's interesting because in The Netherlands most of my doctor's communications come through email (and zivver), followed by snail mail
by user_7832 10mo ago
> Fax, Phone or Letter
That's interesting because in The Netherlands most of my doctor's communications come through email (and zivver), followed by snail mail.
- hermanzegerman 10mo agoTheoretically they could already send this via S/MIME encrypted Mail (KIM) to the family doctor, but most Hospitals haven't rolled out this service yet. They just started installing Card Readers for the Doctor Identity Cards, so they can issue electronic prescriptions For communication with Patients some Hospitals have Web Portals/Apps for getting/sending information.
- user_7832 10mo agoThat's pretty interesting. We have electronic prescriptions too (though it goes straight to the pharmacy however - we don't see it). As far as I know, I don't think the hospital portal has ever been used for communication like that. An email seems more "obvious" perhaps to the docs, and that's what they use most of the time.
- hermanzegerman 10mo agoThe Hospitals in NL that use Epic as EHR also have Patient Portals. But I don't know how much they get used https://www.umcutrecht.nl/en/login-patient-portal https://www.umcutrecht.nl/en/login-patient-portal