Telephone reporting in the consultant-generalist relationship

Rationale, aims and objectives The aim of this paper is to examine the issue of telephone reporting by consultants in the medical community, which is rarely used in medicine today. Methods The paper reviews principal publications addressing this field that have shown that communication between consu...

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Published in:Journal of evaluation in clinical practice 2002-02, Vol.8 (1), p.31-35
Main Authors: DO, Thomas A. Haldis, MD, James C. Blankenship
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communication
Communication Barriers
consultation
e-mail
Family Practice
Humans
Internet
Interprofessional Relations
referral
Referral and Consultation
Remote Consultation
specialist
telephone
United States
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Summary:Rationale, aims and objectives The aim of this paper is to examine the issue of telephone reporting by consultants in the medical community, which is rarely used in medicine today. Methods The paper reviews principal publications addressing this field that have shown that communication between consultants and primary care physicians has many shortcomings, frequently leaving the primary care physician with unanswered questions. Discussion and conclusions We present the value of routine telephone reporting by consultants to their primary care counterparts and also discuss possible future implications of communication via electronic mail.
ISSN:1356-1294
1365-2753
DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2753.2002.00313.x