Evaluation of a remote training approach for teaching seniors to use a telehealth system

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 732-744

  Lai, Albert M ^a   Kaufman, David R ^b   Starren, Justin ^c   Shea, Steven ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Older adults; Telemedicine; Training

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE TASK ANALYSIS; HOME HEALTHCARE; INTERACTION ANALYSIS; LEARNING CURVES; NEW YORK STATE; OLDER ADULTS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE EVALUATIONS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; REMOTE TRAINING; REPETITIVE TRAINING; SHARED-WORKSPACE; TASK COMPLEXITY; TELEHEALTH SYSTEM; TELEMEDICINE PROJECTS; TRAINING; USER SATISFACTION; WEB SKILLS;

JOB ANALYSIS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL AREAS;

TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; TELEHEALTH; TELEMONITORING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; ROBOTICS; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349449729     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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