Down to the fundamentals of telehealth and home healthcare nursing

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 280-287

  Vasquez, Monica S ^a  

^a VNA of El Paso Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 43549115008     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NHH.0000318943.62538.0a     Document Type: Review

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