Table 1.

Published guidelines and best practices regarding electronic communication between patients and providers

Guideline Characteristics				Practice Domains Addressed
References	Specialty	Medical Society Represented	Close Adaptation	Security	Archival	Liability	Patient Discussion	Patient Instruction	Provider Instruction
Bovi (2003)18	Not specified	Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs of the American Medical Association	None	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Chambers (2012)19	Dentistry	American College of Dentists	None	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Farnan et al. (2013)7	Not specified	American College of Physicians	None	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Gadit (2006)20	Psychiatry	None	Kane	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kane (1998)6	Not specified	American Medical Informatics Association	None	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Koh et al. (2013)21	Psychiatry	None	None	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Makinen (2001)22	Not specified	Standing Committee of European Doctors	None	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mehta and Chalhoub (2006)23	Pediatrics	None	Makinen	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Prady et al. (2001)24	Epilepsy	None	Kane	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Silk and Yager (2003)25	Psychiatry	None	Kane	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zierler-Brown and Pankaskie (2003)26	Pharmacy	None	Kane	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes