The use and misuse of ICU telemedicine

JAMA

Volumn 305, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 2227-2228

  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

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMEDICINE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 79957846105     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.716     Document Type: Editorial

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