Telecardiology for patients with acute or chronic cardiac complaints: The 'SHL' experience in Israel and Germany

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 643-645

  Roth, Arie ^a   Korb, Harald ^b   Gadot, Ronen ^c   Kalter, Eric ^d  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Telemedicine Services GmbH   (Germany)

^c SHL Telemedicine International LTD   (Israel)

^d Dutch Healthcare Insurance Board   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Disease management; Heart failure, congestive; Myocardial infarction; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CORONARY DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

BLOOD; COSTS; DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT; TELEMEDICINE;

CARDIOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELECARDIOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GERMANY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; TELEMEDICINE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33746368398     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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