Long-term future of telemedicine in Germany: The patient's, physician's, and payer's perspective

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 701-706

  Thielscher, Christian ^a   Doarn, Charles R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Germany; Smart card; Telemedicine development

Indexed keywords

HEALTH;

COST PRESSURES; DECISION-MAKERS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTEGRATION MODELS; PATIENT RECORDS; PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS; PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS; SMART CARD; TELE-MEDICINE APPLICATIONS; TELE-MONITORING; TELEMEDICINE DEVELOPMENT;

TELEMEDICINE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FUTUROLOGY; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SMART CARD; TELEMEDICINE;

DECISION MAKING; GERMANY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 52749097200     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2007.0104     Document Type: Review

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