Whats wrong with conventional e-mail for communicating with my physician?
Standard e-mail does not live up to state and federal laws for patient privacy nor does it conform to medical liability carrier guidelines. It is not encrypted nor password protected and often uses employer-sponsored e-mail networks thereby making the messages the property of the employer. You would not trade stocks, pay bills or even buy a book online using standard e-mail. Your communications with your physician are too important and private to risk on standard e-mail. You will, however, receive notifications in your regular e-mail account when you have received a secure message from your doctor or his/her office. The message will contain a link that allows you to directly access your secure message from your physician so you will not have to check more than one e-mail account to find all of your messages.
