Is there a business case for telehealth in home health agencies?

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 122-127

  Rumberger, Jill Schumann ^a,b   Dansky, Kathryn ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); COSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATIENT MONITORING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TELEMEDICINE;

BREAKEVEN ANALYSIS; HOME HEALTH AGENCIES (HHA); TELEHEALTH;

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME HEALTH AGENCY; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; TELEHEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646474180     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2006.12.122     Document Type: Article

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