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.  image

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

AMNews: Jan. 7, 2008. Click to play: YouTube and similar sites have more doctors getting ready for their close-ups ... American Medical News

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