The University of Virginia telemedicine program: Traversing barriers beyond geography

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-55

  Rheuban, Karen S ^a   Sullivan, Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband; Connectivity; Federal Communications Commission; Indigent care; Rural healthcare; Safety net providers; Telecommunications; Telehealth; Telemidicine; Teleophthalmology; Teleradiology; Videoconferencing

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HEALTH CARE; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; TELEMEDICINE;

EDUCATION PROGRAMS; HEATHCARE FACILITIES; RURAL CITIZENS; RURAL REGIONS;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH PROGRAM; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TELEMEDICINE; VIRGINIA;

EID: 13544265655     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v15.i1.60     Document Type: Review

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