Evaluation of TELEDERM for dermatological services in rural and remote areas

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-40

  Ou, Monica H ^a   West, Geoff A W ^a   Lazarescu, Mihai ^a   Clay, Chris D ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption of decision support systems; Case based reasoning; Decision support; Teledermatology

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DATA MINING; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; HEALTH; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; RURAL AREAS; USER INTERFACES;

ADOPTION OF DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; CASE-BASED REASONING; CLINICAL SITUATIONS; DECISION SUPPORT; DECISION SUPPORTS; DERMATOLOGICAL PROBLEMS; DIAGNOSTIC METHODS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; INTERACTIVITY; MEDICAL SERVICES; REMOTE AREAS; TELEDERMATOLOGY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DECISION TREE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SATISFACTION; TELEDERMATOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DECISION TREES; DERMATOLOGY; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TELEMEDICINE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 50049135637     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artmed.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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