Realizing telemedicine advantages at the national level: Cases from the United Arab Emirates

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 545-555

  Al Qirim, Nabeel ^a,b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b NONE   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INNOVATION;

HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; TELE CONSULTATIONS;

TELEMEDICINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIMEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; COMPUTER NETWORK; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 38349089583     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2006.0087     Document Type: Article

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