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  • Email in healthcare: pros, cons and efficient use

  • Stephen Ginn
  • Journal:
    BJPsych Advances / Volume 30 / Issue 3 / May 2024
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    08 February 2024, pp. 195-201
    Print publication:
    May 2024
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  • Email is a major means of communication in healthcare and it facilitates the fast delivery of messages and information. But email's ubiquity has brought challenges. It has changed the way we get things done, and working days can be dictated by the receipt and reply of multiple email messages, which drown out other priorities. This article examines email's advantages and disadvantages and, with a focus on healthcare professionals, examines what individuals and organisations can do to ensure email works for us, rather than – as can seem the case – the other way around.