The application of remote monitoring to improve health outcomes to a rural area

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 664-671

  Hicks, Lanis L ^a   Fleming, David A ^b   Desaulnier, Adam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

E health; Extreme environments; Policy; Telemedicine; Telesurgery

Indexed keywords

FELT; HEALTH; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MONITORING; PUBLIC POLICY; REMOTE CONTROL; TELEMEDICINE;

CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS; CLIENT SATISFACTION; E HEALTH; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; HOME HEALTH AGENCIES; TELEHEALTH TECHNOLOGIES; TELESURGERY;

REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HOME HEALTH AGENCY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TELEHEALTH; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 70349246732     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2009.0009     Document Type: Article

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