Integration of information technology, wireless networks, and personal digital assistants for triage and casualty

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 466-474

  Zhao, Xiaoming ^a,b   Rafiq, Azhar ^a   Hummel, Russel ^a   Fei, Ding Yu ^b   Merrell, Ronald C ^a  

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

^b Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DATA ACCURACY; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENT (MCI); TRIAGE AND CASUALTY INFORMATICS TECHNOLOGY (TACIT); WIRELESS NETWORKS;

HEALTH CARE;

ACCIDENT; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; DIGITAL COMPUTER; ELECTRIC BATTERY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRIAGE AND CASUALTY INFORMATICS TECHNOLOGY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; DISASTER; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TRIAGE;

EID: 33750624357     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2006.12.466     Document Type: Article

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