Differences in readiness between rural hospitals and primary care providers for telemedicine adoption and implementation: Findings from a statewide telemedicine survey

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-15

  Martin, Amy Brock ^a   Probst, Janice C ^a   Shah, Kyle ^a   Chen, Zhimin ^a   Garr, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Hospitals; Rural; Technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOUTH CAROLINA; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84855328988     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2011.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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