Electronic consultations appear to offer some benefit to patients but increase the workload of GPs, research published in the British Journal of General Practice shows.1 Policy makers have suggested that online consultations could ease pressure on GP practices and improve patient access, but there is limited research on whether they are able to deliver such improvements. Only around 6% of practices have used some form of electronic consultation but a further 20% have plans to do so in the future. There are currently two main e-consultation systems being used in primary care in the …

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研究称，电子咨询对全科医生的实践几乎没有好处

英国《全科医学杂志》上发表的研究表明，电子咨询似乎可以给患者带来一些益处，但增加了全科医生的工作量。1政策制定者建议，在线咨询可以缓解全科医生的压力并改善患者的出诊率，但是这种方法存在局限性研究他们是否能够提供这种改进。只有大约6％的实践使用了某种形式的电子咨询，但未来还有20％的计划这样做。目前，在……中，初级保健中使用了两种主要的电子咨询系统。