Telemedicine: Barriers and opportunities in the 21st century

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 247, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 615-628

  Stanberry, Benedict ^a,b  

^a Centre for Law Ethics and Risk in Telemedicine   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Law Ethics and Risk in Telemedicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Call centres; Decision support software; Electronic patient records; Health telematics; Telesurgery and robotics; Visual media

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INFORMATION CENTER; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS; TELECOMMUNICATION;

CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; ROBOTICS; SURGERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TELEMEDICINE; TELERADIOLOGY;

EID: 0033937910     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2000.00699.x     Document Type: Review

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