Telemedicine in the future

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 384-390

  Heinzelmann, Paul J ^a,b   Lugn, Nancy E ^a   Kvedar, Joseph C ^a,b,c  

^a PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Partners Telemedicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TELEMEDICINE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FORECASTING; HUMANS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 33646833779     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357633x0501100802     Document Type: Review

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