Computer generated self-care advice via web-based triage of complaints in primary care

Proceedings - International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine, eTELEMED 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 129-135

  Nijland, Nicol ^a   Cranen, Karlijn ^b   Verlinden, Stef F F ^c   Kelders, Saskia M ^a   Boer, Henk ^a   Van Gemert Pijnen, Julia E W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^c Vivici Bv ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Internet; Primary care; Self care; Triage

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL THEORIES; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HIGH FREQUENCIES; INNOVATIVE SYSTEMS; ON-LINE SURVEYS; PHYSICAL CONTACTS; POSITIVE ATTITUDES; PRIMARY CARE; QUALITY OF CARES; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; SELF MANAGEMENTS; SELF-CARE; TRIAGE; USER-CENTERED;

HEALTH CARE; INTERNET; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; TELEMEDICINE;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

EID: 63849233234     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/eTELEMED.2009.17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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