Beginning March 1st 2012, Wellspring Family Medicine will be switching over to a secure/encrypted email method of communication with Dr. Lee.
Why the change?
- There has been a great increase in demand for email communication with Dr. Lee
- The need to comply with the HIPAA regulations that specify that all patient’s health information must be held in security and privacy. The regulations recommend that all patient health communication should be sent securely ( encryption when sent via the internet) for such things as lab results and discussion of health related issues.
Thus, Wellspring Family Medicine is setting up a Secure Patient Portal for its patients to send and receive emails from Dr. Lee:
If you enjoy the convenience of email communication with Dr. Lee , you will need to subscribe to WellSpring Family Medicine’s Patient Portal.
There is a small annual fee of $25 per person and $50 maximum per family for subscription to the Portal. If you sign up after March 1st then the fee is $3 per month per person for the remainder of the year. This fee is to compensate for the upkeep of this portal and time spent for Dr. Lee to answer your medical questions via the secure portal email. This is a fee that is not covered by insurance (non-covered benefits fee). It is not mandatory that you subscribe to the Patient Portal, but if you opt out of this you will no longer be able to email Dr. Lee medical info and questions via standard email.
What are some of the advantages of using the Personal Patient Portal?
- Dr. Lee can send you your lab results with discussion/explanation securely
- access to Virtual Office Visits at a discount of $20 per visit instead of $30
- secure prescription refill requests
- secure encrypted emails to Dr. Lee when you have simple medical questions that do not necessitate making an office visit.
Before March 1, 2012, please go to my website and go to the Forms tab. Read the Office Policy page which has an updated email policy. Print out the Signature form and also the Patient Portal Contract form. Please sign these and mail them , or bring them in with payment. You can also pay on-line via my pay pal link on my

