General Practitioners and Online Consultation
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Introduction: Internet and online services are part of everyday life. We perceive as normal their use in various activities. It’s normal for healthcare and medicine to use them. Aim: To investigate e-mail use for online consultation by GPs. Materials and methods: Written questionnaire. Results: Physicians don’t have business e-mail and don’t use their personal one for online consultation. Desire for this type of consultation is low, telephone consultation is preferred. Conclusion: Online consultation is a promising method which is not used in Bulgaria. Significant part of the physicians would use it if compensated properly.
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