Early outcomes of a care coordination-enhanced telehome care program for elderly veterans with chronic heart failure

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-27

  Schofield, Richard S ^a,c,e   Kline, Sharoen E ^a   Schmalfuss, Carsten M ^a,c   Carver, Hollie M ^a   Aranda, Juan M ^c   Pauly, Daniel F ^c   Hill, James A ^c   Neugaard, Britta I ^b,d   Chumbler, Neale R ^b,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Box 100277   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DRUG DOSAGE; HOSPITALS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART FAILURE (HF); LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION (LVEF); TELEHEALTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM;

TELEMEDICINE;

FOSINOPRIL; METOPROLOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SOLDIER; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 15344344070     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2005.11.20     Document Type: Article

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