Analysis of telemedicine diffusion: The case of China

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-233

  Xue, Yajiong ^a,b   Liang, Huigang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Diffusion; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CHINA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RURAL AREAS;

HEALTH RESOURCES; MEDICAL SERVICES;

TELEMEDICINE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHINA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MASS COMMUNICATION; REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHINA; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 34047121227     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2006.879599     Document Type: Article

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