Telemanagement of hypertension: A qualitative assessment of patient and physician preferences

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 591-594

  Halifax, Nancy V D ^a,g   Cafazzo, Joseph A ^a,b,c   Irvine, M Jane ^g   Hamill, Melinda ^a,b   Rizo, Carlos A ^a,b,c   McIsaac, Warren J ^d,f   Rossos, Peter G ^a,b,c   Logan, Alexander G ^b,c,d,e  

^a Centre for Global eHealth Innovation   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Granovsky Gluskin Family Medicine Centre   (Canada)

^g YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood pressure monitoring; Diabetes; Hypertension; Mobile phone; Self; Self care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAX; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOBILE PHONE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 34250897449     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(07)70807-3     Document Type: Article

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