The development of telemedicine in Hong Kong

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 365-383

  Au, Grace ^a   Higa, Kunihiko ^a   Kwok, Ching Kwong ^b   Cheng, Andrew Y S ^c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Distributed medical services; Hospital information system; Telemedicine; Telework

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041064113     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10919399609540285     Document Type: Article

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