Implanting telehealth network for paediatric cardiology: Learning from the Quebec experience

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 608-614

  Bellavance, Marc ^a   Béland, Marie J ^b   Van Doesburg, Nicolaas H ^c   Paquet, Marc ^a   Ducharme, Francine M ^b   Cloutier, Alain ^d  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPUTER NETWORK; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; QUEBEC; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 19844372050     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951104006055     Document Type: Article

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