Telemedicine technology assessment part I: Setup and validation of a quality control system

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 118-129

  Giansanti, Daniele ^a   Morelli, Sandra ^a   Macellari, Velio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA ACQUISITION; HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL;

HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRES;

TELEMEDICINE;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CHECKLIST; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDIZATION; TELEMEDICINE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 34248161149     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2008.9963     Document Type: Article

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