The role of human factors in telehealth

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 446-453

  Demiris, George ^a   Charness, Neil ^b   Krupinski, Elizabeth ^c   Ben Arieh, David ^d   Washington, Karla ^e   Wu, John ^d   Farberow, Bonne ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

E health; Technology; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION AREA; EHEALTH; HUMAN FACTORS; POLICY MAKERS; SYSTEM DESIGNERS; TELEHEALTH; TELEHEALTH SYSTEM;

DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77953006061     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2009.0114     Document Type: Article

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