Patient Satisfaction with a Web-based Patient-provider Messaging System Implemented Across a Statewide Delivery System (Group Health Cooperative). The impact of on-line information retrieval in a college based drug information center. Controversies and legal issues of prescribing and dispensing medications using the Internet. online pharmacy references

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Proc AMIA Symp. 2003;:860.
Patient Satisfaction with a Web-based Patient-provider Messaging System Implemented Across a Statewide Delivery System (Group Health Cooperative).

Hereford J, Bell E, Lee J, Eytan T.

Since 1999, Group Health Cooperative has been developing and implementing Web services to improve patient access to health care. Among these services are a patient-provider secure messaging system and online pharmacy refills. A survey of patients using these services demonstrated the value of these tools in enhancing the patients' ability to manage their health care and the positive effects it could have on member retention.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14728365&dopt=Abstract [PubMed - in process]

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Drug Inf J. 1980 Jul-Sep;14(3):130-2.
The impact of on-line information retrieval in a college based drug information center.

Schneiweiss F.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10249620&dopt=Abstract

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Mayo Clin Proc. 2004 Feb;79(2):188-94.
Controversies and legal issues of prescribing and dispensing medications using the Internet.

Fung CH, Woo HE, Asch SM.

Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, Calif, USA.

Online pharmacies fall into 3 major categories: independent Internet-only sites, online branches of "brick-and-mortar" pharmacies, and sites representing partnership among neighborhood pharmacies. Potential benefits of online pharmacies include increased access, lower transaction and product costs, and greater anonymity. However, online pharmacies have generated controversies, including the use of "cyberdoctors" on some sites, the dispensing of drugs without prescriptions from other sites, and the importation of prescription medications. Although some online pharmacies are legitimate and likely provide benefits to patients, other online pharmacies engage in questionable practices. Numerous state and federal regulations and laws have tried to address controversies surrounding rogue Internet pharmacies. Because online pharmacies are increasingly common, clinicians may encounter patients asking for advice and information about online pharmacies. We review the regulatory framework governing online pharmacies and the potential risks and benefits of using online pharmacies.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14959914&dopt=Abstract

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