Nice touch to add video...even if it is just a message to call the office as an attachment to an email...hearing and seeing is not available in regular email as we have to use "smileys" sometimes to identity or emphasize a point or words...there is a multitude of medically related and instructional videos on You Tube..everything from humor to "how to" on many procedures...BD
Loring Jacobs. MD , an internist from Las Vegas, wanted to find a more personal way to tell patients their routine test results, otherwise relayed through a phone call, an automated system or a nurse.
Capitalizing on the growth and popularity of Web videos, some physicians are now turning to the camera as an inexpensive tool for communicating with patients. Sometimes there's even a marketing impact.
So Dr. Jacobs began making video e-mails, giving patients the results himself, and explaining them in more detail. If the news is bad, Dr. Jacobs sends a video requesting that the patient make an That "how" question is one a small but growing number of physicians are trying to figure out, as they incorporate the use of Internet video into their practices.appointment.
Nice touch to add video...even if it is just a message to call the office as an attachment to an email...hearing and seeing is not available in regular email as we have to use "smileys" sometimes to identity or emphasize a point or words...there is a multitude of medically related and instructional videos on You Tube..everything from humor to "how to" on many procedures...BD
AMNews: Jan. 7, 2008. Click to play: YouTube and similar sites have more doctors getting ready for their close-ups ... American Medical News