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Does The Convenience of the Net Help or Hurt Medicine?

  • March 03, 2005

To control costs and optimize operations, some medical groups and health plans now offer a faster and often less expensive means to dispense medicine to patients: Via e-mail. Although, in some cases, computer-literate physicians have been communicating informally with their patients like this for years, now a few plans will pay doctors for their time. For example, one health care insurer, Blue Shield of California, pays physicians the same amount ($25) each time they consult with a...