Telemedicine in the USA: Standardization through information management and technical applications

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 41-48

  Choi, Young Bae ^a   Krause, Joshua Steven ^a   Seo, Hyewon ^a,b   Capitan, Kathleen Elizabeth ^c   Chung, Kyusuk ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PLLC   (United States)

^c Ginsberg and Helfer PLLC ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STANDARDIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TELECONFERENCING; TELEMEDICINE;

TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARDS; TELEMEDICINE STANDARDS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33646897595     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2006.1632648     Document Type: Article

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