Intensive care unit telemedicine: Promises and pitfalls

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 495-496

  Kahn, Jeremy M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMEDICINE;

HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 79955132795     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.23     Document Type: Editorial

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