Telemedicine in emergency neurological service provision in Singapore: Using technology to overcome limitations

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 560-565

  Singh, Rajinder ^a   Ng, Wai Hoe ^a   Lee, Kim En ^a   Wang, Ernest ^a   Ng, Ivan ^a   Lee, Wei Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Multimedia messaging service; Neurological emergency; Stroke; Telemedicine; Teleradiology; Telestroke

Indexed keywords

MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING SERVICE; NEUROLOGICAL EMERGENCY; STROKE; TELERADIOLOGY; TELESTROKE;

HOSPITALS; MESSAGE PASSING; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; NEUROSURGERY; TELEMEDICINE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MICROCOMPUTER; MULTIMEDIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE PATIENT; TECHNOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE; TELERADIOLOGY;

AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SINGAPORE; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 70350180843     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2009.0010     Document Type: Article

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