Patient satisfaction with physician-patient communication during telemedicine

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 830-839

  Agha, Zia ^a   Schapira, Ralph M ^b   Laud, Purushottam W ^c   McNutt, Gail ^b   Roter, Debra L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

E health; Patient satisfaction; Physician patient communication; Telehealth; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL FACTORS; EHEALTH; INTERPERSONAL SKILLS; MEDICAL SETTINGS; NON-INFERIORITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL SEPARATION; RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS; SELF-REPORT; TELEHEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOMES;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; SEATING FOR DISABLED PERSONS; TELEMEDICINE;

COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMEDICINE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 70450160139     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2009.0030     Document Type: Article

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