Societal drivers in the applications of telehealth

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 998-1002

  Doarn, Charles R ^a   Yellowlees, Peter ^b   Jeffries, Deborah A ^c   Lordan, Denny ^d   Davis, Sally ^e   Hammack, Glenn ^f   McClosky Armstrong, Thelma ^g   Kvedar, Joseph ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Polycom Inc   (United States)

^d Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center   (United States)

^e Midwest Alliance for Telehealth and Technology Resources   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^g Eastern Montana Telemedicine Network   (United States)

^h PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Information management; Policy; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; FOSSIL FUELS; HEALTH; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TELEMEDICINE;

AGING POPULATIONS; CONSUMER DEMANDS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; HEALTH TOOLS; HEALTHCARE DELIVERIES; KEY COMPONENTS; NEW SOLUTIONS; PAPER ADDRESSES; PERSONAL SPACES; PILOT PROJECTS; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES; SKILLED LABORS; SOCIETAL ISSUES; TELEHEALTH; TELEHEALTH SOLUTIONS;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SHORT SURVEY; TELEHEALTH;

AGING; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE; WAR;

EID: 57049112191     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2008.0111     Document Type: Short Survey

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