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What do you think about the potential of electronic consultations? What concerns do you have? What guidelines do you think organizations need to establish? Share your comments about adopting guidelines for electronic consultations, as discussed in the May 25 edition of the Healthcare IT e-newsletter.

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by scrow

I liked the article, definitely gives me some things to think about as an IT provider to doctors. But the comment about reducing costs for the providers is wrong I think. To provide the infrastructure to do econsults will cost, maintaining it will cost. Plus if you don't charge as much for an econsult as for a patient visit, then you're actually losing money. Plus your liability goes up as the increased chances of a HIPPA violation go up. My two cents anyway.
Thanks again for the article.
SC

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