Telehealth research and evaluation: Implications for decision makers

Proceedings - Pacific Medical Technology Symposium: Transcending Time, Distance and Structural Barriers, PACMEDTek 1998

Volumn 1998-August, Issue , 1998, Pages 344-352

  Fitzmaurice, J M ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT TREATMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

CLINICAL CONDITIONS; COMPUTERIZED DECISION; HEALTH CARE POLICIES; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES; RESEARCH AND EVALUATION; TELE-HEALTH SOLUTIONS; TELEHEALTH SERVICES; TELEHEALTH TECHNOLOGIES;

EHEALTH;

EID: 33847718891     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PACMED.1998.769954     Document Type: Conference Paper

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