Implementing telemedicine in medical emergency response: Concept of operation for a regional telemedicine hub

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1651-1660

  Xiong, Wei ^a   Bair, Aaron ^b   Sandrock, Christian ^b   Wang, Sophia ^c   Siddiqui, Javeed ^b   Hupert, Nathaniel ^a,d  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Cayuga Partners   (United States)

^d NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster response; Discrete event simulation; Earthquake; Emergency medicine; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TELEMEDICINE;

DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84864027607     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-010-9626-5     Document Type: Article

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