Asynchronous telehealth: A scoping review of analytic studies

Open Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 39-61

  Deshpande, Amol ^a   Khoja, Shariq ^b   Lorca, Julio ^c   McKibbon, Ann ^d   Rizo, Carlo ^e   Husereau, Donald ^f   Jadad, Alejandro R ^g,h  

^a Foresight Links   (Canada)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c Institute for Innovation on Human Well Being   (Spain)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f CANADIAN AGENCY FOR DRUGS AND TECHNOLOGIES IN HEALTH   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^h NONE   (Canada)

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EID: 67650261652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19112092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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