In situ monitoring of health in older adults: Technologies and issues

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1579-1586

  Kang, Hyun Gu ^a   Mahoney, Diane F ^b,c   Hoenig, Helen ^d,e   Hirth, Victor A ^f,g   Bonato, Paolo ^c,h   Hajjar, Ihab ^c,i,j   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^c,i,j  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Palmetto Health   (United States)

^h and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

ⁱ Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^j BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

ethics; gerontechnology; monitoring; telehealth

Indexed keywords

DEMENTIA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FALLING; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART DISEASE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; CONFIDENTIALITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; GERIATRICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LICENSURE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREJUDICE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; STATE GOVERNMENT; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 77955249007     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02959.x     Document Type: Review

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