Impact of an ultrabroadband emergency department telemedicine system on the care of acutely ill patients and clinicians' work

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 704-708

  Westbrook, Johanna I ^a   Coiera, Enrico W ^b   Brear, Michelle ^b   Stapleton, Stuart ^c   Rob, Marilyn I ^a   Murphy, Monique ^c   Cregan, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VIRTUAL CRITICAL CARE UNIT; WORKLOAD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; TELEMEDICINE; TRIAGE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 48249107059     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01850.x     Document Type: Article

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