Managing mobile provision for community healthcare support: Issues and challenges

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-310

  Fitch, C J ^a   Adams, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community care; Health services; Mobile communication systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744787069     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150610667971     Document Type: Article

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