A telemedicine system for remote health and activity monitoring for the elderly

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 622-631

  Liu, Polley R ^a,c   Meng, Max Q H ^a   Liu, Peter X ^b   Tong, Fanny F L ^a   Chen, X J ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; REMOTE CONTROL; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

FEASIBILITY; MEDICAL SERVICES; NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES;

TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 33846463770     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2006.12.622     Document Type: Article

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