Telemedicine in the United Kingdom: Current status and future prospects

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 158-159

  Istepanian, Robert Sh H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE;

HEALTH INFORMATICS; TELEMEDICINE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

LETTER; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

STATE MEDICINE; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032585835     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4233.767091     Document Type: Article

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