Teleconsultation for cardiac patients: A comparison between nurses and physicians: The SHL experience in Israel

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 528-534

  Roth, Arie ^a,c   Yanay, Ori Rogowski Yigal ^a   Kehati, Mayera ^b   Malov, Nomi ^b   Golovner, Michal ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Medical Services   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; NURSING; TELEMEDICINE;

CARDIAC PATIENTS; COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE; MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; TELECONSULTATION;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISRAEL; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECARDIOLOGY; TELECONSULTATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; REMOTE CONSULTATION;

EID: 33847727536     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2006.12.528     Document Type: Article

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