Experience with the implementation of a web-based teledermatology system in a nursing home in Singapore

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 404-409

  Janardhanan, Lavanya ^a   Leow, Yung H ^b   Chio, Martin T W ^b   Kim, Yongmin ^c   Soh, Cheong B ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; SINGAPORE; SKIN DISEASE; TELECONSULTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SINGAPORE; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 58949098136     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2008.080105     Document Type: Article

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