Increasing clinical presence of mobile communication technology: Avoiding the pitfalls

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 656-661

  Visvanathan, Akila ^a   Gibb, Alan P ^a   Brady, Richard R W ^b  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARGARET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

communication; healthcare; hospitals; mobile; risks; telephone

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RISKS; CROSS CONTAMINATION; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; HEALTHCARE DELIVERY; HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION TRANSFERS; MOBILE; MOBILE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; HOSPITALS; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; RISKS; TECHNOLOGY; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS INFECTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; METHODOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; NOISE; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; STANDARD; TELEMEDICINE;

CELLULAR PHONE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NOISE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 80053262069     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2011.0018     Document Type: Article

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