Introducing Ehealth to nursing homes: Theoretical analysis of improving resident care

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-192

  Breen, Gerald Mark ^a   Zhang, Ning Jackie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Care deficiencies; Ehealth; Integrated care; Nursing homes; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EHEALTH WEB SITE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSING HOMES; NURSING INFORMATICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40549095398     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-007-9121-9     Document Type: Article

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