Telephone advice nursing services in a US health maintenance organization

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 50-54

  Shapiro, Susan E ^a,d   Izumi, Shigeko ^a   Tanner, Christine A ^a   Moscato, Susan R ^b   Valanis, Barbara G ^c   David, Marion R ^c   Gullion, Christina M ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSING; RECORDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; ADULT; EMERGENCY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELECONSULTATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; EMERGENCIES; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NURSING SERVICES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REMOTE CONSULTATION; TELEPHONE; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342641502     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135763304322764202     Document Type: Article

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