Perspectives on medical outsourcing and telemedicine - Rough edges in a flat world?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1622-

  Singh, Sanjiv N ^a   Wachter, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; INDIA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42049085058     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMhle0707298     Document Type: Article

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