Telemedicine and electronic health information for clinical continuity in a mobile surgery program

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1128-1134

  Mora, Francisco ^a   Cone, Stephen ^a   Rodas, Edgar ^b   Merrell, Ronald C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL AZUAY   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCREENING; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

ECUADOR; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SURGERY; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 33744748326     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0204-9     Document Type: Article

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