Telemedicine: Where it is and where it's going

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-127

  Grigsby, Jim ^a   Sanders, Jay H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Global Telemedicine Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031869207     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-129-2-199807150-00012     Document Type: Review

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