A Wireless Health Outcomes Monitoring System (WHOMS): Development and field testing with cancer patients using mobile phones

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Bielli, Emilia ^a   Carminati, Fabio ^a   La Capra, Stella ^a   Lina, Micaela ^b   Brunelli, Cinzia ^b   Tamburini, Marcello ^b  

^a Reply PlaneT   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; MONITORING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

CELL PHONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 13444270696     PISSN: 14726947     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-4-7     Document Type: Article

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