Feasibility of providing nephrology services to remote communities with videoconferencing

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-16

  Campbell, Manon ^a   Akbari, Ayub ^a   Amos, Stephanie ^a   Keyes, Cameron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEPHROLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TELECONSULTATION; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMOTE CONSULTATION; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 84856063905     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2011.110321     Document Type: Article

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