Use of the Internet by United States heart transplant centers to promote transparency in the process of patient selection

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 359-362

  Bramstedt, Katrina A ^a   Young, James B ^b  

^a CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DATA REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE; INTERNET; PATIENT MONITORING; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING; WEBSITES;

PATIENT SELECTION CRITERIA; POTENTIAL PATIENTS; PSYCHOSOCIAL EVALUATION; TRANSPLANTATION NETWORK;

TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INTERNET; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSPLANT COORDINATOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745611760     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2006.12.359     Document Type: Review

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