The impact of remote patient monitoring (telehealth) upon medicare beneficiaries with heart failure

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-108

  Pekmezaris, Renée ^a   Mitzner, Irina ^b   Pecinka, Kathleen R ^b   Nouryan, Christian N ^a   Lesser, Martin L ^a   Siegel, Meryl ^b   Swiderski, John W ^a   Moise, Gregory ^a   Younker, Richard ^b   Smolich, Kevin ^a  

^a Northwell Health   (United States)

^b North Shore LIJ Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiology cardiovascular disease; home health monitoring; telehealth; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATED COSTS; CONTROL GROUPS; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOME HEALTH MONITORING; LENGTH OF STAY; MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS; TELEHEALTH;

CARDIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING; TELEMEDICINE;

NURSING;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOLOGY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857836509     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2011.0095     Document Type: Article

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