Trends in telemedicine assessment indicate neglect of key criteria for predicting success

Journal of Health, Organisation and Management

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 508-523

  Jackson, Duncan E ^a   McClean, Sally I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Decision making; Evaluation; Health services sector; Implementation; Performance monitoring; Telecare; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864115964     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777261211251553     Document Type: Article

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