Online Communication Between Doctors and Patients in Europe: Status and Perspectives

Silvina Santana   ^{1 †} , PhD ;   Berthold Lausen   ^{2 †} , PhD ;   Maria Bujnowska-Fedak   ^{3 †} , PhD ;   Catherine Chronaki   ^{4 †} , MSc ;   Per Egil Kummervold   ^{5 †} , PhD ;   Janne Rasmussen   ^{6 †} , MA ;   Tove Sorensen   ^{7 †} , MSc

¹ Institute of Electronics Engineering and Telematic of Aveiro and Department of Economics and Industrial Engineering, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

² Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom

³ Department of Family Medicine, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland

⁴ Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Heraklion, Greece

⁵ Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, University Hospital of North-Norway, Tromsø, Norway

⁶ Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

⁷ Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, University Hospital of North-Norway, Tromsø, Norway