Evaluation of a telemedicine-based service for the follow-up and monitoring of patients treated with oral anticoagulant therapy

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 696-706

  Salvador, Carlos H ^a   Ruiz Sanchez, Antonio ^c,d   González de Mingo, Miguel A ^a   Carmona Rodríguez, Montserrat ^a   Carrasco, Mario Pascual ^a,b   Sagredo, Pilar G ^a   Fragua, Juan A ^a   Caballero Martinez, Fernando ^e   García López, Fernando ^a   Márquez Montes, Joaquín ^a   Monteagudo, José L ^f  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Centro de Salud Pozuelo Estacion   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e Family Medicine Teaching Unit   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

International normalized ratio (INR); Oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT); Shortmessage service (SMS); Telemedicine; Wireless application protocol (WAP)

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; DRUG PRODUCTS; PATIENT MONITORING;

ADVERSE EVENTS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPIES; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO (INR); MEAN AGES; ORAL ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY (OAT); QUALITY OF LIVES; SELF MANAGEMENTS; SELF-TESTING; SHORTMESSAGE SERVICE (SMS); SOCIAL PROBLEMS; STATE ANXIETIES; TREATMENT TIMES; TWO PHASES; WIRELESS APPLICATION PROTOCOL (WAP);

TELEMEDICINE;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANXIETY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56549116800     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2008.910750     Document Type: Article

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