Point-of-service nerve conduction studies: An example of industry-driven disruptive innovation in health care

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-53

  Lesser, Eugene A ^a   Starr, Jennifer ^c   Kong, Xuan ^a   Megerian, J Thomas ^a,b   Gozani, Shai N ^a  

^a NeuroMetrix Inc   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NeuroMetrix ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33846631838     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2007.0007     Document Type: Review

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