Impact of passive health status monitoring to care providers and payers in assisted living

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-285

  Alwan, Majd ^a   Sifferlin, Elena Brito ^b   Turner, Beverely ^a   Kell, Steve ^a   Brower, Peter ^b   Mack, David C ^a   Dalal, Siddharth ^a   Felder, Robin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Volunteers of America National Services (VOA)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COST ACCOUNTING; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; METABOLISM;

BREATHING RATE; HEART RATE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

PATIENT MONITORING;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; BREATHING RATE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELLBEING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34447322820     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2006.0056     Document Type: Article

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