Bridging the digital divide: Reaching vulnerable populations

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 448-457

  Chang, Betty L ^a   Bakken, Suzanne ^a,b   Brown, S Scott ^a   Houston, Thomas K ^a   Kreps, Gary L ^a   Kukafka, Rita ^a   Safran, Charles ^a   Stavri, P Zoe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; READING; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; TRAINING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HUMANS; INFORMATICS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 7044233629     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M1535     Document Type: Article

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