Home informatics in healthcare: Assessment guidelines to keep up quality of care and avoid adverse effects

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-206

  Roback, Kerstin ^a   Herzog, Almut ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assessment; Home informatics; Hospital at home; Telehomecare

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 0038469907     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/thc-2003-11304     Document Type: Article

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