A systematic review of the evidence base for telehospice

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-47

  Oliver, Debra Parker ^a   Demiris, George ^b   Wittenberg Lyles, Elaine ^c,e   Washington, Karla ^d   Day, Tami ^a   Novak, Hannah ^c  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

home health monitoring; technology; telehealth; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL OUTCOME; EMPIRICAL DATA; ENGLISH LANGUAGES; HOME HEALTH MONITORING; HOSPICE CARE; PEER REVIEW; QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGIES; QUALITATIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED TRIAL; SCORING CRITERIA; SEARCH STRATEGIES; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEHEALTH; TELEHEALTH TECHNOLOGIES; TELEHOSPICE;

MEDICAL COMPUTING; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856694005     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2011.0061     Document Type: Review

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