Scope of policy issues in ehealth: Results from a structured literature review

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Khoja, Shariq ^a,b   Durrani, Hammad ^a   Nayani, Parvez ^a   Fahim, Ammad ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

EHealth; EHealth policies; Electronic health records; Guidelines; Health informatics; Health telematics; Standards; Telehealth; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE;

HEALTH POLICY; TELEMEDICINE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84860555214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1633     Document Type: Review

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