Potential use of telemedicine to provide outpatient care for inflammatory bowel disease

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2063-2067

  Krier, Michael ^a,c   Kaltenbach, Tonya ^a   McQuaid, Kenneth ^b   Soetikno, Roy ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLABORATIVE IMAGING; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; HARVEY BRADSHAW INDEX; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TELEMEDICINE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82955195083     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2011.329     Document Type: Article

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