Use of communication technologies to cost-effectively increase the availability of interpretation services in healthcare settings

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 739-745

  Masland, Mary C ^a   Lou, Christine ^a   Snowden, Lonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business administration; economics; policy; telecommunications

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATED COMMUNITIES; BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION; CALIFORNIA; CALL CENTERS; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT-PROVIDER COMMUNICATION; PLANNING TOOLS; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF CARE; STATE LAWS; STEP-BY-STEP; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; VIDEO INTERPRETATION;

HOSPITALS; INTERNET; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; LINGUISTICS; QUERY LANGUAGES;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 77956152006     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2009.0186     Document Type: Article

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