Telemedicine in the intensive care unit environment-A survey of the attitudes and perspectives of critical care clinicians

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 328.e9-328.e15

  Shahpori, Reza ^a   Hebert, Marilynne ^b,c   Kushniruk, Andre ^b   Zuege, Dan ^a,c  

^a ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical care; Tele ICU; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; TELEMEDICINE; WORK CAPACITY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 79956373943     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2010.07.013     Document Type: Article

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