Clinical outcomes resulting from telemedicine interventions: A systematic review

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-8

  Hersh, William R ^a   Helfand, Mark ^a   Wallace, James ^a   Kraemer, Dale ^a   Patterson, Patricia ^a   Shapiro, Susan ^a   Greenlick, Merwyn ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BIOINFORMATICS; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSULTATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMBASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDLINE; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELECOMMUNICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; TELEMEDICINE;

HUMANS; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142617397     PISSN: 14726947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-1-1     Document Type: Review

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