Implementation and evaluation of a low-cost telemedicine station in the remote Ecuadorian rainforest

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-34

  Cone, Stephen W ^a   Hummel, Russell ^a   León, Juan ^b   Merrell, Ronald C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Clinica Luxemburgo   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ECUADOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ECUADOR; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TELEMEDICINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 34548797605     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135763307779701220     Document Type: Article

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