Telemedicine for recently discharged older patients

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-55

  Cardozo, Lavoisier ^a   Steinberg, Joel ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Older patients; Recently discharged; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURES; MORTALITY RATE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OLDER PATIENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT POPULATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POST-DISCHARGE; PULSE RATE; QUALITY OF CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; GLUCOSE; HOSPITALS; NURSING; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCES;

TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART RATE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OXIMETRY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OXIMETRY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76349099141     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2009.0058     Document Type: Article

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